Health monitoring and healthcare provisioning at home (ie, outside the hospital) have
received increasingly attention as a possible and partial solution for addressing the …

Since the population of elderly people grows absolutely and in relation to the overall
population in the world, the improvement of the quality of life of elderly people at home is of …

Providing health care and assistance at home becomes more and more important due to the
aging society and-in general-a health system under financial pressure. It is generally …

The ongoing demographic changes in the European population are consistently stressing
healthcare systems with an increasing number of elderly and chronically ill patients. In order …

We refer to'Home Care Systems' as the technology and services required to support and
realise activities of the network of care. Such technology typically includes sensors, devices …

Pervasive home care systems are needed to overcome the problems of an aging population
in the western world. An overview of ongoing research at the Pervasive Healthcare Lab …

In the context of healthcare and the assistance of dependent people, this paper describes an
original proactive solution for home monitoring. Our approach does not use any additional …

In most of the industrialized countries, the aging of the population dramatically progress
rapidly. This trend demands economically feasible solutions to provide care to elderly …

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) has become focus of attention for governmental
organisations, and healthcare and ICT researchers. AAL includes methods, products …

Home care services are becoming increasingly important as a strategy to offer customized
treatment to fragile patients. The continuity of medical care is essential to the service's …