The caregiver perspective: an assistive AAL platform

The Ambient Assisted Living area has spawned several projects that aim to help the user on his/her daily activities. The AAL4ALL (ambient assisted living for all) project aims to develop a unified ecosystem using fully compatible devices and services. The UserAccess platform is part of the AAL4ALL a...

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Main Author: Costa, Ângelo (author)
Other Authors: Magalhães, Paula (author), Alves, José Ferreira (author), Peixoto, Tito (author), Simões, Ricardo (author), Novais, Paulo (author)
Format: bookPart
Language:eng
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Ambient Assisted Living
Ambient Intelligence
Intelligent Environments
AAL4ALL
e-Health
Active Ageing
Artificial Intelligence
Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/34170
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/34170
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Summary:The Ambient Assisted Living area has spawned several projects that aim to help the user on his/her daily activities. The AAL4ALL (ambient assisted living for all) project aims to develop a unified ecosystem using fully compatible devices and services. The UserAccess platform is part of the AAL4ALL and has as a goal to provide assistance to a type of actor that is commonly forgotten in the Ambient Assisted Living area, the caregiver. This paper presents the archi-tecture, implementation, and interfaces, along with a brief analysis of caregiver’s needs and work related issues.

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