AmI and Deployment Considerations in AAL Services Provision for Elderly Independent Living: The MonAMI Project

Falcó, Jorge (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Vaquerizo, Esteban ; Laín, Luis ; Artigas Maestre, José Ignacio (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Ibarz, Alejandro

Resumen: The MonAMI project aims to investigate the feasibility of the deployment of open platforms for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services provision based on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) and to test user acceptance and the usability of the services. Services were designed to provide support in the areas of environmental control, security, well-being and leisure. These services were installed and evaluated in a Spanish geriatric residence. The participants included elderly persons with disabilities, nursing home care givers and informal carers. The concept of the open platform proved to be satisfactory for the provision of the services in a context aware framework. Furthermore, the usability of the technology was viewed positively and the overall results indicate that this system has the potential to prolong independent living at home for elderly people with disabilities. Deployment was proven successful and awareness of open-platform AAL service delivery was raised in local communities throughout Europe.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/s130708950

Año: 2013

Publicado en: SENSORS 13 (2013), 8950-76
ISSN: 1424-8220

Factor impacto JCR: 2.048 (2013)

Categ. JCR: INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION rank: 10 / 57 = 0.175 (2013) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL rank: 36 / 75 = 0.48 (2013) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ELECTROCHEMISTRY rank: 15 / 27 = 0.556 (2013) - Q3 - T2

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EUR/FP6/035147

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Tecnología Electrónica (Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones)