Background: The increase in life expectancy and recent advancements in technology and
medical science have changed the way we deliver health services to the aging societies …

As life expectancy increases, so does the number of elders. This increase poses a challenge
regarding the ability of maintaining the costs for providing services to this group. In search of …

Published research on smart homes and their users is growing exponentially, yet a clear
understanding of who these users are and how they might use smart home technologies is …

This study aims to address a research gap related to the outcomes of the use of technology
when the performance falls short of initial expectations, and the co** mechanisms that …

Purpose This study aims to understand the factors affecting the continuance usage intention
(CUI) of mHealth among the rural elderly. Design/methodology/approach An integrated …

Smart technologies and the Internet of Things (IoT), have the potential to play a significant
role in enabling older people to age in place. Although there has been substantial …

The current study aimed to explore (a) reactions of individuals with dementia to an
interactive robotic cat and their relatives' and professional caregivers' experiences, and (b) …

Telepresence robotic systems are proposed in different contexts and specifically in the area
of social robotics for assisting older adults at home. Similarly to other robotic systems, such …

Early detection and adaptive support to changing individual needs related to ageing is an
important challenge in today's society. In this paper we present a system called GiraffPlus …

Robotics is an area of research in which the paradigm of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) can
prove to be highly useful. Multi-Agent Systems come in the form of cooperative robots in a …