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Smart homes, home automation and ambient-assisted living are terms used to describe technological systems that enrich our living environment and provide means to support care, facilitate well-being and improve comfort. This handbook provides an overview of the domain from the perspective of health care and technology.  In Part 1, we set out to describe the demographic changes in society, including ageing, and diseases and impairments which lead to the needs for technological solutions. In Part 2, we describe the technological solutions, ranging from sensor-based networks, components, to communication protocols that are used in the design of smart homes. We also deal will biomedical features which can be measured, and services that can be delivered to end-users as well as the use of social robots.  In Part 3, we present best practices in the field. These best practices mainly focus on existing projects in Europe, the USA and Asia, in which people receive help through dedicated technological solutions being part of the continuum of the home environment and care. In Part 4, we describe the preconditions to successful ambient-assisted living, including policies, the roles of professionals and organisational needs, design aspects and human factors, the needs of users, laws, business cases, and education.

Home automation --- Self-help devices for older people --- Technology and older people

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This is a broad introductory handbook, covering the major technologies and applications in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The book focuses on current state-of-the-art technology and critical analysis, the applications of these technologies and also includes general issues such as usability, accessibility, privacy and ethics.

Older people with disabilities --- Self-help devices for older people. --- Care.

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Self-help devices for older people --- Self-help devices for people with disabilities --- Assistive computer technology --- Medical telematics --- Home automation --- People with disabilities --- People with disabilities

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Assistive Technology for the Elderly addresses the intricacies involved in the design and development of assisted technologies for the elderly, covering smart systems such as magnifying book contents, speaking electronic devices, alarms for doors and windows, smart alert bands, panic buttons, medication dispensers and reminders, Wander Gard, physiological parameters monitoring systems and smart home monitoring systems. This book is aimed at those who are responsible for designing assistive technology intended to be used by the elderly. It lays out the technology that is already available and covers user needs and state-of-the-art technologies and methodologies.

Self-help devices for older people --- Design and construction. --- Technological innovations. --- Self-help devices for older people. --- Older people --- Self-Help Devices. --- Aged. --- Health Services for the Aged. --- Health Services for Aged --- Health Services for the Elderly --- Health Services, Geriatric --- Geriatric Health Services --- Geriatric Health Service --- Health Service, Geriatric --- Service, Geriatric Health --- Services, Geriatric Health --- Aged --- Frail Elderly --- Elderly --- Geriatrics --- Longevity --- Assistive Devices --- Assistive Technology --- Assistive Device --- Assistive Technologies --- Device, Assistive --- Device, Self-Help --- Devices, Assistive --- Devices, Self-Help --- Self Help Devices --- Self-Help Device --- Technologies, Assistive --- Technology, Assistive --- Disabled Persons

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The ageing population of Europe is a well-documented phenomenon and there is general agreement that it has serious implications for all European citizens as well as for policymakers and politicians. The current paradigm of caring for elderly citizens in residential homes is becoming untenable and it is also unpopular with many elderly people themselves. New ways of caring which engage and empower older adults more actively, and are also more cost-effective, must be found.The four-year DREAMING (elDeRly-friEndly Alarm handling and MonitorING) project carried out randomized controlled trials across six pilot sites to assess the impact of tele-monitoring on the health and quality of life of older people with chronic health conditions living at home. This book documents the results of the DREAMING project, which addressed one of the most important health and social care issues affecting older adults: namely, monitoring older people from a clinical point of view as a preventative measure to reduce exacerbations requiring intensive medical treatment, ensure their safety indoors and outdoors, and reduce their loneliness through eInclusion tools. This, in turn, improves the ability of care professionals to support these people, all in a cost effective way. The clinical results of the quality of life and economic impact assessments, together with the outcome of the user satisfaction survey are presented in the book, and lessons learned, as well as guidelines for the deployment of tele-monitoring are included.

Old age homes. --- Congregate housing. --- Self-help devices for older people. --- Older people --- Elder care --- Eldercare --- Assisted independent residential living --- Assisted living --- Supported housing --- Supportive housing --- Housing --- Homes (Institutions) --- Homes for older people --- Homes for the aged --- Almshouses --- Care. --- Institutional care