[Connected home, monitoring and improved care]

Abstract

New technologies offer a new approach to healthcare management that benefits the patient, especially at home: better living spaces, improved safety and preservation of communication. Professionals concerned and family caregivers should be trained in these new technologies to discover and explore everyday their possibilities and uses.

Keywords: domicile; elderly persons; gerontechnology; gérontechnologie; home; innovation; personne âgée; quality of life; qualité de vie.