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This is a broad introductory handbook, covering the major technologies and applications in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The book focuses on current state-of-the-art technology and critical analysis, the applications of these technologies and also includes general issues such as usability, accessibility, privacy and ethics.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: Technologies and applications for active and assisted living - current situation
- Part 1: Technologies for Active and Assisted Living
- Chapter 2: Current state of the art of smart environments and labs from an ambient assisted living point of view
- Chapter 3: Ambient and wearable sensors for human health monitoring
- Chapter 4: Computer vision for active and assisted living
- Chapter 5: A data fusion approach for identifying lifestyle patterns in elderly care
- Chapter 6: Towards interoperable enhanced living environments
- Chapter 7: Reasoning systems forAAL
- Chapter 8: Person-environment interaction
- Chapter 9: Data analytics for enabling connected health
- Part 2: Applications for Active and Assisted Living
- Chapter 10: Human gait analysis for frailty detection - quantitative techniques and procedures
- Chapter 11: Fall prevention and detection
- Chapter 12: Supporting Activities of Daily Living
- Chapter 13: Outdoor mobility assistance-technologies helping on the way
- Chapter 14: Location and orientation technologies based on Wi-Fi systems for people with disabilities in indoor environment
- Chapter 15: Enabling health, well-being and engagement in life through ambient-assisted living technologies - an occupational therapist's lens
- Chapter 16: Tablet-based clinical decision support system for hospitalised older adults
- Part 3: Associated Issues and Case Studies
- Chapter 17: Smart, age-friendly cities and communities: the emergence of socio-technological solutions in the Central and Eastern Europe
- Chapter 18: Towards accessible ambient-assisted living environments
- Chapter 19: Privacy and ethical issues
- Chapter 20: Human-centred design with older adults: examples and recommendations for research, ideation and testing
- Chapter 21: Design and implementation of a smart home technological platform for the delivery ofAAL services: from requirements to field experience
- Chapter 22: Technologies and applications for active and assisted living - What's next?
Summary
This is a broad introductory handbook, covering the major technologies and applications in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The book focuses on current state-of-the-art technology and critical analysis, the applications of these technologies and also includes general issues such as usability, accessibility, privacy and ethics.
