Title :
U-Health Smart Home
Author :
Agoulmine, Nazim ; Deen, M. Jamal ; Lee, Jeong-Soo ; Meyyappan, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Evry, Evry, France
Abstract :
A new generation of a ubiquitous health smart home is being developed to support the elderly and/or people with chronic diseases in their own home. The goal of the U-Health smart home is to help the elderly to continue to live a more independent life as long as possible in their own home while being monitored and assisted in an unobtrusive manner. This concept of a ubiquitous health care (U-Health) smart home for the elderly has been identified by governments and medical institutions as an important part of the economical, technological, and socially acceptable solution to maintain the health welfare system viable for future generation.
Keywords :
body area networks; body sensor networks; diseases; geriatrics; health care; patient care; patient monitoring; U-Health smart home; chronic diseases; elderly people; health welfare system; ubiquitous health-care smart home; wireless body area network; Aging; Diseases; Gerontology; Medical services; Patient monitoring; Senior citizens;
Journal_Title :
Nanotechnology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MNANO.2011.941951
