AIMC Topic: Independent Living

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A Telemedicine Robot System for Assisted and Independent Living.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
The emerging demographic trends toward an aging population, demand new ways and solutions to improve the quality of elderly life. These include, prolonged independent living, improved health care, and reduced social isolation. Recent technological ad...

A nurse-driven method for developing artificial intelligence in "smart" homes for aging-in-place.

Nursing outlook
OBJECTIVES: To offer practical guidance to nurse investigators interested in multidisciplinary research that includes assisting in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for "smart" health management and aging-in-place.

Satisfaction and Technology Evaluation of a Telehealth Robotic Program to Optimize Healthy Independent Living for Older Adults.

Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: With the growth in the aging population, and shortage of primary care providers, telehealth programs are needed to optimize healthy independent living for older adults. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a nurse-led int...

When robots care: Public deliberations on how technology and humans may support independent living for older adults.

Social science & medicine (1982)
While assistive robots receive growing attention as a potential solution to support older adults to live independently, several scholars question the underlying social, ethical and health policy assumptions. One perplexing issue is determining whethe...

Early anomaly detection in smart home: A causal association rule-based approach.

Artificial intelligence in medicine
As the world's population grows older, an increasing number of people are facing health issues. For the elderly, living alone can be difficult and dangerous. Consequently, smart homes are becoming increasingly popular. A sensor-rich environment can b...

Unobtrusive Activity Recognition of Elderly People Living Alone Using Anonymous Binary Sensors and DCNN.

IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics
Elderly population (over the age of 60) is predicted to be 1.2 billion by 2025. Most of the elderly people would like to stay alone in their own house due to the high eldercare cost and privacy invasion. Unobtrusive activity recognition is the most p...

A robotic shower system : Acceptance and ethical issues.

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie
BACKGROUND: Being able to maintain personal hygiene plays a crucial role for independent living in old age or when suffering from disabilities. Within the European project ICT Supported Bath Robots (I‑SUPPORT) an intelligent robotic shower system is ...

Inclusion of service robots in the daily lives of frail older users: A step-by-step definition procedure on users' requirements.

Archives of gerontology and geriatrics
The implications for the inclusion of robots in the daily lives of frail older adults, especially in relation to these population needs, have not been extensively studied. The "Multi-Role Shadow Robotic System for Independent Living" (SRS) project ha...

Stakeholders' Perceptions Sought to Inform the Development of a Low-Cost Mobile Robot for Older Adults: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

Clinical nursing research
Creative solutions are needed to support community-dwelling older adults residing in a variety of settings including their house, apartment, or Supportive Apartment Living (SAL) to promote independence and reduce the risk of nursing home replacement....

A multi-perspective evaluation of a service robot for seniors: the voice of different stakeholders.

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology
PURPOSE: The potential of service robots for seniors is given increasing attention as the ageing population in Western countries will continue to grow as well as the demand for home care. In order to capture the experience of living with a robot at h...