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Ambient intelligence for the elderly
— hope to age respectfully? | | Author(s) | Ruth Landau |
| Journal title | Aging Health, vol 9, no 6, December 2013 |
| Publisher | Future Medicine, December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 593-600 |
| Source | www.futuremedicine.com |
| Keywords | Assistive technology ; Information technology ; Evaluation ; Social ethics. |
| Annotation | Ambient intelligence (AmI) is perceived as a tool that can provide innovative and cost-effective ways to support everyday living of older adults by monitoring them in their homes, in healthcare centres and in their out-of-home activities. In contrast to previous surveys of AmI and its applications for various segments in society, this review, which is not intended to be exhaustive, focuses primarily on the possible uses of AmI for older people. This review defines the term of AmI and exemplifies some current applications of AmI in everyday life, points out the reasons for developing AmI applications specifically for older people and offers insights to various research projects that aim to use AmI for their benefit. Since user acceptance of AmI systems presents challenges in the process of developing and applying AmI technologies, this review also sheds light on the views of older people themselves regarding the use of these technologies. Finally, following a section briefly reviewing the ethical issues related to AmI technologies as it pertains to older people, this review offers some recommendations for the further development and use of AmI in this population. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160614002 A |
| Classmark | M: UVB: 4C: TQ |
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