Research Article
Services and Policies for Care At Home
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361701, author={Feng Wang and Liam S. Docherty and Kenneth J. Turner and Mario Kolberg and Evan H. Magill}, title={Services and Policies for Care At Home}, proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH}, year={2007}, month={5}, keywords={Home Care Open Services Gateway initiative Policy-Based Management Serrvice Discovery.}, doi={10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361701} }- Feng Wang
Liam S. Docherty
Kenneth J. Turner
Mario Kolberg
Evan H. Magill
Year: 2007
Services and Policies for Care At Home
PERVASIVEHEALTH
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/PCTHEALTH.2006.361701
Abstract
It is argued that various factors including the increasingly ageing population will require more care services to be delivered to users in their own homes. Desirable characteristics of such services are outlined. The Open Services Gateway initiative has been adopted as a widely accepted framework that is particularly suitable for developing home care services. Service discovery in this context is enhanced through ontologies that achieve greater flexibility and precision in service description. A service ontology stack allows common concepts to be extended for new services. The architecture of a policy system for home care is explained. This is used for flexible creation and control of new services. The core policy language and its extension for home care are introduced, and illustrated through typical examples. Future extensions of the approach are discussed.