Title : 
Challenges in Health Smart Homes
         
        
            Author : 
Bartolomeu, Paulo ; Fonseca, José ; Vasques, Francisco
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Micro I/O, Aveiro
         
        
        
            fDate : 
Jan. 30 2008-Feb. 1 2008
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents an overview of the challenges in developing health smart homes targeting, in particular, elderly and impaired people. As such, it identifies the current endeavors as well as the main areas of research.
         
        
            Keywords : 
geriatrics; health care; home automation; home computing; elderly people; health smart homes; impaired people; Aging; Asia; Biomedical monitoring; Condition monitoring; Demography; Europe; Home automation; Medical services; Senior citizens; Smart homes; assistive technologies; design for all; networking; reliability; security; smart homes;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, 2008. PervasiveHealth 2008. Second International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Tampere
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-963-9799-15-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2008.4571016