Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) has become a powerful alternative to improving the life
quality of elderly and partially dependent people in their own living environments. In this …

The consistent growth in human life expectancy during the recent years has driven
governments and private organizations to increase the efforts in caring for the eldest …

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) has become an attractive research topic due to growing
interest in remote monitoring of older people. Development in sensor technologies and …

One of the challenges of the ageing population in many countries is the efficient delivery of
health and care services, which is further complicated by the increase in neurological …

In last few years, the number of elderly people is more and more increasing. Consequently,
various efforts were made in order to improve the quality of lifestyle for the elderly. Related to …

Abstract In recent times, Ambient Assisted Living has emerged as Smart Living. Smart living
is a subset of ambient intelligence, which uses the latest technologies, intellectual …

Older adults' preferences to remain independent in their own homes along with the high
costs of nursing home care have motivated the development of Ambient Assisted Living …

In this book, we summarize recently deployed monitoring approaches with a focus on
automatically detecting health threats for older patients living alone at home. First, in order to …

To cope with the increasing healthcare costs and nursing shortages in the Aging Society the
care system is transferred, as much as possible, to the home environment, making use of …

While the increasing average age of population is posing new challenges to societies and
healthcare systems, the emergence of the Internet of Things research area is generating the …