IoT Meets Caregivers: A Healthcare Support System in Assisted Living Facilities

Sebastián Aced López; Fulvio Corno; Luigi De Russis

Internet of Things. User-Centric IoT. First International Summit, IoT360 2014, Rome, Italy, October 27-28, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Part I

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IoT Meets Caregivers: A Healthcare Support System in Assisted Living Facilities

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    author={Sebasti\^{a}n Aced L\^{o}pez and Fulvio Corno and Luigi De Russis},
    title={IoT Meets Caregivers: A Healthcare Support System in Assisted Living Facilities},
    proceedings={Internet of Things. User-Centric IoT. First International Summit, IoT360 2014, Rome, Italy, October 27-28, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Part I},
    proceedings_a={IOT360},
    year={2015},
    month={7},
    keywords={Smart caring environments Assisted living facilities Caregivers Persons with disabilities Ambient assisted living},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-19656-5_25}
}

Sebastián Aced López
Fulvio Corno
Luigi De Russis
Year: 2015
IoT Meets Caregivers: A Healthcare Support System in Assisted Living Facilities
IOT360
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-19656-5_25

Sebastián Aced López¹^,*, Fulvio Corno¹^,*, Luigi De Russis¹^,*

1: Politecnico di Torino

*Contact email: sebastian.acedlopez@polito.it, fulvio.corno@polito.it, luigi.derussis@polito.it

Abstract

This paper presents a system that exploits the synergy between wearable/mobile technology and smart caring environments to support caregivers in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) for persons with physical and cognitive disabilities. In particular, this healthcare support system allows caregivers to be automatically alerted of potentially hazardous situations that happen to the inhabitants while these are alone. The design stemmed from six system requirements derived from the results of three focus groups conducted with 30 caregivers of different ALFs in Northern Italy.

Keywords: Smart caring environments Assisted living facilities Caregivers Persons with disabilities Ambient assisted living

Published: 2015-07-22
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19656-5_25