The novel BackHome system offers individuals with disabilities a range of useful services
available via brain‐computer interfaces (BCIs), to help restore their independence. This is …

The success of providing smart healthcare services in ambient assisted living (AAL) largely
depends on an effective prediction of situations in the environment. Situation awareness in …

The Quality of Life has been studied for a long time, and the World Health Organization
defines it as the individual perception about life regarding four major domains: physical …

Applying ambient intelligence to assistive technologies and remote monitoring systems is a
challenging task, especially in the field of healthcare. In this chapter, we focus on how …

People that need assistance, as for instance elderly or disabled people, may be affected by
a decline in daily functioning that usually involves the reduction and discontinuity in daily …

Nowadays, filtering and analyzing data coming from Tele*(ie telemedicine, telerehabiliation,
telemonitoring, telecare, and teleassistance) systems is becoming more and more relevant …

Decline in daily functioning usually involves the reduction and discontinuity in daily routines;
entailing a considerable decrease of the quality of life (QoL). This is especially relevant for …

Assistive technologies need to constantly adapt and react to user needs. To this end,
ambient intelligence techniques could be adopted. One approach consists of defining …

Performance of sensor-based telemonitoring and home support systems depends, among
other characteristics, on the reliability of the adopted sensors. Although binary sensors are …

People going back to home after a discharge needs to come back to their normal life.
Unfortunately, it becomes very difficult for people with severe disabilities, such as a traumatic …