A smart home is a residence equipped with technology that observes the residents and
provides proactive services. Most recently, it has been introduced as a potential solution to …

Emergency situations associated with falls are a serious concern for an aging society. Yet
following the recent development within ICT, a significant number of solutions have been …

Falls represent a major public health risk worldwide for the elderly people. A fall not assisted
in time can cause functional impairment in an elderly and a significant decrease in his …

The first generation of Digital Natives (DNs) is now growing up. However, these digital
natives were rather late starters, since their exposure to computers started when they could …

The rapid aging of the population occurred in recent years has encouraged the development
of several solutions aimed to guarantee a healthy and safe lifestyle to the elderly. In this …

This paper describes a wearable Fall Detection System (FDS) based on a body-area
network consisting of four nodes provided with inertial sensors and Bluetooth wireless …

With the rapid surge of M‐Health and smart city systems, the need to accommodate sensors
and actuators to achieve effective automation turns out to be imposed, for an efficient …

Falls lead to major health problems for the elderly. Immediate help could lower the risk of
complications and death and greatly increase the likelihood of returning to independent …

The aging population phenomenon is more and more increasing. In this context, the
elderly's behavioral analysis through the Internet of Things technologies can help to prevent …

The Homecare project which is part of a research project funded by the French National
Research Agency (ANR), aims to define and experiment a new multi-sensor monitoring …