Intelligent Sensing and Ubiquitous Systems (ISUS) for Smarter and Safer Home Healthcare
Rui Silva Moreira, José Manuel Torres, Pedro Sobral, Christophe Pinto de Almeida Soares · 2019
Abstract The world population is facing several difficulties related to an aging society. In particular, the widespread increase of chronic and incapacitating diseases is overwhelming for traditional healthcare services. Ambient assisted living (AAL) systems can greatly improve healthcare scalability and scope while keeping people in the comfort of their home environments. This chapter focuses precisely on presenting the fundamental key aspects (cf. processing and sensing, integration and management, communication and coordination, intelligence and reasoning) to promote safety and support for outpatients living autonomously in AAL settings. Furthermore, for each key issue, a set of practical technological solutions are reported and detailed, showing real applicability of ubicomp technology to the integration and management of AAL systems specially designed for supporting daily living activities of people with progressive loss of capacities.