Sensor Technologies for AL Systems Integrated Health Monitoring and Emergency Call System
Roc Berenguer · Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings · 2007
Most developed countries are facing an ageing population, leading to an increasing demand on both health care and social welfare systems. There is a general agreement that these increasing needs can not be met by increasing the provision of hospital care or other forms of institutional care. Therefore, home care is an obvious alternative to meet the future needs of the elderly people.