• DocumentCode
    2746743
  • Title

    Toward a Scalable Home-Care Delivery for Frail Elders and People with Special Needs

  • Author

    Helal, Abdelsalam ; Abdulrazak, Bessam

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Florida, Gainesville
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    13-15 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    994
  • Lastpage
    998
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses a new concept of Scalable Home-Care Delivery for frail People with Special Needs (PwSN1), which we named TeCaRob2. This concept explores the use of robotics inside Smart House to remotely assist frail elders and other PwSN in diverse tasks of daily living. The goal is to provide PwSN with a complete solution for their daily needs. Our objective is to enhance the existing Smart House concept, which have proven successful in supporting PwSN, and which have been challenged when PwSN occupants need physical assistance.
  • Keywords
    health care; medical robotics; patient care; PwSN occupants; TeCaRob; daily living; diverse tasks; frail elders; physical assistance; robotics; scalable home-care delivery; smart house; special needs; Costs; Economics; Information science; Intelligent robots; Medical services; Pediatrics; Pervasive computing; Rehabilitation robotics; Senior citizens; USA Councils;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Rehabilitation Robotics, 2007. ICORR 2007. IEEE 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Noordwijk
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1320-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1320-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICORR.2007.4428544
  • Filename
    4428544