A smart home is a residence equipped with smart technologies aimed at providing tailored
services for users. Smart technologies make it possible to monitor, control and support …

Activity and behaviour monitoring of inhabitants play an essential role in an ambient
environment. Different researchers proposed many promising solutions; this discipline …

The appropriate collection and consumption of electronic health information about an
individual patient or population is the bedrock of modern healthcare, where electronic …

Smart homes are homes with technologically advanced systems to enable domestic task
automation, easier communication, and higher security. As an enabler of health and well …

The study of systems and architectures for ambient assisted living (AAL) is undoubtedly a
topic of great relevance given the ageing of the world population. On the one hand, AAL …

The era of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the world of the
ageing population. Elderly people do not wish to live as they did in the 1970s, 1980s and …

In this paper we describe a case study in which we examine how to develop playful
persuasive solutions to motivate older adults to maintain or increase their social and …

Ambient Assisted Living Systems (AALSs) use information and communication technologies
to support care for the growing population of older adults. AALSs focus on providing …

e-Health Systems: Theory, Advances and Technical Applications offers a global vision of all
the parties involved with e-health system deployment and its operation process, presenting …

Rising care needs, higher proportions of older, diseased, or disabled people, and an
increasing deficiency of qualified care staff due to demographic changes are major …