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TELECARE
2004
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13 years 6 months ago
The Social/Non-Technical Challenges in Developing Technology to Support Elderly Care - "The TeleCARE Experience"
: One of the biggest challenges facing European society in the years ahead is the fact that our population is aging at an alarming rate. If by the year 2020, current forecasts prov...
E. Banahan
CSCW
2010
ACM
13 years 5 months ago
PeerCare: Supporting Awareness of Rhythms and Routines for Better Aging in Place
Caring for the elderly is becoming a key challenge for society, given the shortage of trained personnel and the increased age of the population. Innovative approaches are needed t...
Yann Riche, Wendy E. Mackay
CSCW
2006
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Of pill boxes and piano benches: "home-made" methods for managing medication
We report on the results of an ethnographic study of how elders manage their medication with the objective of informing the design of in-home assistive health technology to suppor...
Leysia Palen, Stinne Aaløkke Ballegaard
CAISE
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Modelling Telecare Service Requirements for Older People Using the Unified Modelling Language
Providing technology support for older people offers distinct challenges for social and IT systems delivery. The definition and integration of services, the diversity of supply, va...
Ken Lunn, Andrew Sixsmith, Ann Lindsay, Marja Vaar...
AROBOTS
2008
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13 years 5 months ago
Mobile manipulators for assisted living in residential settings
Abstract: We describe a methodology for creating new technologies for assisted living in residential environments. The number of eldercare clients is expected to grow dramatically ...
Patrick Deegan, Roderic A. Grupen, Allen R. Hanson...