Future buildings will offer new convenience, comfort, and efficiency possibilities to their
residents. Changes will occur to the way people live as technology involves people's lives …

Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is an emerging multi-disciplinary field aiming at exploiting
information and communication technologies in personal healthcare and telehealth systems …

The latest generation of smartphones are increasingly viewed as handheld computers rather
than as phones, due to their powerful on-board computing capability, capacious memories …

Physical activity has a positive impact on people's well-being and it had been shown to
decrease the occurrence of chronic diseases in the older adult population. To date, a …

Background Dementia is a health and care priority globally. Caring for persons with
dementia is a challenge and can lead to negative psychological, physiological and financial …

Abstract Body Area Networks integrated into mHealth systems are becoming a mature
technology with unprecedented opportunities for personalized health monitoring and …

This article offers a brief overview of most current and potential uses and applications of
robotics in health/care and social care, whether commercially ready and available on the …

This study employed a qualitative approach to explore the attitudes and experiences of older
people towards using gerontechnology, and to determine the underlying reasons that might …

Background The sustained interest in electronic assistive technology in dementia care has
been fuelled by the urgent need to develop useful approaches to help support people with …

Disasters create a secondary surge in casualties because of the sudden increased need for
long-term health care. Surging demands for medical care after a disaster place excess strain …