A survey on ambient-assisted living tools for older adults

IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 579-590

  Rashidi, Parisa ^a   Mihailidis, Alex ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Decision support systems; Intelligent systems; Mobile computing; Sensors

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MOBILE COMPUTING; SENSORS; SURVEYS;

AGING POPULATION; AMBIENT ASSISTED LIVING; ASSISTED LIVING TECHNOLOGIES; CAREGIVER BURDENS; CONTEXT- AWARENESS; FUTURE CHALLENGES; INCREASING COSTS; STATE OF THE ART;

ASSISTED LIVING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; ROBOTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALGORITHMS; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84884708571     PISSN: 21682194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JBHI.2012.2234129     Document Type: Article

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