Assistive housing: Case study in a residence for elderly people

Mahmoud Ghorbel; Farah Arab; Mounir Mokhtari

2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare

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Assistive housing: Case study in a residence for elderly people

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2798,
    author={Mahmoud Ghorbel and Farah Arab and Mounir Mokhtari},
    title={Assistive housing: Case study in a residence for elderly people},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={PERVASIVEHEALTH},
    year={2008},
    month={7},
    keywords={Elderly people technical assistance home automation evaluation},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2798}
}

Mahmoud Ghorbel
Farah Arab
Mounir Mokhtari
Year: 2008
Assistive housing: Case study in a residence for elderly people
PERVASIVEHEALTH
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2798

Mahmoud Ghorbel¹^,*, Farah Arab^1,2^,*, Mounir Mokhtari¹^,*

1: GET-INT, Handicom Lab - 9 Rue Charles Fourier 91011 Evry Cedex, France
2: University Paris Descartes (Paris V) - 45, rue des Saints - Péres 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France

*Contact email: mahmoud.ghorbel@int-edu.eu, farah.arab@int-edu.eu, mounir.mokhtari@int-edu.eu

Abstract

The ageing of the population increased the needs of elderly people for assistance and care in specialized structures. They become increasingly dependent. Adequate environment have to be provided to fit with their special needs and constraints. This paper presents a case study of assistive housing in a residence for elderly people. The technical assistance like home automation, task reminder and personal assistant is provided in order to enhance the independence of elderly people. The paper focuses on the use of the TV as an interaction mean to use proposed services. The graphical interface deployed on the TV was evaluated by elderly people and resulting ergonomic recommendations. This research activity is ongoing work within the Nuadu project.

Keywords: Elderly people technical assistance home automation evaluation

Published: 2008-07-22
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.PERVASIVEHEALTH2008.2798