Title :
Innovations in health, wellness, and aging-in-place
Author :
Coughlin, Joseph F. ; Pope, James
Author_Institution :
MIT AgeLab, Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
This paper discusses innovations for older people in health and in wellness. This article presents the opportunity for intelligent technologies in the home, identifies today´s apparent innovation gap indicated by the slow diffusion of existing smart technologies, and describes an integrated consumer-centric approach that may offer promise in translating inventions into innovations in people´s lives across the lifespan.
Keywords :
Gerontechnology; health care; intelligent materials; patient monitoring; socio-economic effects; telemedicine; aging; consumer-centric approach; health; innovation gap; intelligent technology; smart technology; wellness; Aging; Business; Demography; Diseases; Domestic safety; Educational institutions; Health and safety; Medical services; Senior citizens; Technological innovation;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEMB.2008.919493