Smart adaptable system for older adults' Daily Life Activities Management - The ABLE platform

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2014:2014:5816-9. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944950.

Abstract

In this paper we propose a system (ABLE) that will act as the main platform for a number of low-cost, mature technologies that will be integrated in order to create a dynamically adaptive Daily Life Activities Management environment in order to facilitate the everyday life of senior (but not exclusively) citizens at home. While the main target group of ABLE's users is the ageing population its use can be extended to all people that are vulnerable or atypical in body, intellect or emotions and are categorized by society as disabled. The classes of assistive products that are well defined in the international standard, ISO9999 such as assistive products for personal medical treatment, personal care and protection, communication, information and reaction and for personal mobility, will be easily incorporated in our proposed platform. Furthermore, our platform could integrate and implement the above classes under several service models that will be analyzed further.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Aged
  • Disabled Persons
  • Humans
  • Self-Help Devices*
  • Wireless Technology