Conference Proceedings
Designing a Context-Aware Assistive Infrastructure for Elderly Care
Simon Klakegg, Chu Luo, Jorge Goncalves, Niels van Berkel, Denzil Ferreira, Aku Visuri, Hanna-Leena Huttunen, Simo Hosio
Proceedings of the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UBICOMP) / ACM International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) | Association for Computing Machinery | Published : 2017
Abstract
We present an assistive healthcare platform, CARE, which aims to provide daily support for elderly caregivers with context-aware, unobtrusive, and actionable information. This information is collected through a plethora of IoT sensors installed strategically at an elderly care centre and is accessed through an Android tablet application. The application's goal is to empower nurses with a better understanding of elderly needs and ultimately, improve the care service. We investigate how IoT devices and sensors can enable a pervasive healthcare system, and discuss a wide-range of important parameters for integration of elderly care practices.
Grants
Awarded by Academy of Finland
Awarded by European Commission
Awarded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Funding Acknowledgements
This work is partially funded by the Academy of Finland (Grants 276786-AWARE, 286386-CPDSS, 285459-SCIENCE, 304925-CARE), the European Commission (Grant 6AIKA-A71143-AKAI), and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (645706-GRAGE).