B-Live - A Home Automation System for Disabled and Elderly People

Santos, Vasco; Bartolomeu, Paulo; Fonseca, J.; Mota, Alexandre

doi:10.1109/sies.2007.4297355

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“…In the context of designing effective, cheap envelopes for institutions dealing with the care of weaker people, it seems important to use modern technical solutions. The creation of intelligent buildings should focus on the improvement of technical solutions to reduce operating costs [21]. The COVID-19 experience and its impact on the development of digital tools for seniors.…”

Section: Digital Exclusion Of Seniorsmentioning

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The Use of ICT, Development of the Offer and Spatial Changes in the Building of the Day Care Home for Elderly and Sick in Tarnowskie Góry (Poland), Case Study

Widzisz-Pronobis

2022

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment

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New Internet technologies allow building relationships via social networks and lessening social exclusion. While researching the needs of the residents of the building of the Day Care Home for Elderly and Sick People in Tarnowskie Góry, the author analyzed the possibilities of using information and communication technologies (ICT) to expand the institution’s offer and increase the number of residents. The essence of the study was to determine the social needs of seniors and to check what forms of Internet activities are possible. The interaction with the Day Care Home participants via the Internet requires appropriate space organization. Therefore, it was important to check whether seniors are ready for new forms of social interactions and if they are willing to acquire new knowledge and to further expand their skills. The subject discussed in the article was part of a broader study on the analysis of the needs of seniors to reorganize the space in the building and its surroundings. The research tools used have shown how important it is for seniors to establish analog contacts and build friendships during joint meetings and games. Research shows the degree of use of basic digital tools and the limitations of learning new digital tools. At the same time, the dynamics of changes within this age group is visible. There is also a noticeable need for a flexible approach to urban and architectural solutions, allowing for changes in the near future without large investment expenditures. The results of this research were confronted with the results of the study on the use of technology during COVID-19.

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Section: Digital Exclusion Of Seniorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Use of ICT, Development of the Offer and Spatial Changes in the Building of the Day Care Home for Elderly and Sick in Tarnowskie Góry (Poland), Case Study

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2022

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment

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“…Along with predictions that the global population of people aged over 60 is set to approximately double by 2050 [2] there is a drive to improve the means by which services in the field of aged and disabled care are administered, especially towards those still leading active lives in their communities [3]. This has manifested in a myriad of approaches including automated smart-homes [4], [5] and adaptations to facilities to better accommodate both disabled individuals [6] and their respective apparatus [7].…”

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A passive estimator of functional degradation in power mobility device users

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2015

2015 IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR)

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“…Disabled people remotely managed home appliances through home network open service gateway that uses RSSI data. Santos et al [6] proposed an approach for home automating appliances that targets elderly people with special needs. Marco et al [7] presented a ZigBee and ultrasound solutions for people with special needs.…”

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Towards Independency Using LMN4DISABLED System for Disabled

Aly

2015

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks

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We propose a wireless based system to localize, monitor, and navigate people with a single type of disability. The proposed system is called LMN4DISABLED. Smartphone devices are used as interfaces for disabled people to communicate with the surrounding environments. This paper studies two types of disabilities (1) blind people and (2) people on wheelchairs with no mental deficiencies. Experiments are performed on a three-floor university building. Sensor nodes and cameras are distributed in all rooms and hallways. Dijkstra routing algorithm is used to select the appropriate route for each profile. New localization algorithm is used in the experiments. Experiments show that LMN4DISABLED outperforms reference experiments that are not using LMN4DISABLED by about 50.8% for different types of disabilities. When separating the performance of the blind disabled people from the performance of the people on wheelchairs, experiments show that the blind performance improved by 55% while wheelchair users improved by 47% when using the LMN4DISABLED system compared to basic reference experiments for the same people that did not use the LMN4DISABLED.

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B-Live - A Home Automation System for Disabled and Elderly People

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

The Use of ICT, Development of the Offer and Spatial Changes in the Building of the Day Care Home for Elderly and Sick in Tarnowskie Góry (Poland), Case Study

The Use of ICT, Development of the Offer and Spatial Changes in the Building of the Day Care Home for Elderly and Sick in Tarnowskie Góry (Poland), Case Study

A passive estimator of functional degradation in power mobility device users

Towards Independency Using LMN4DISABLED System for Disabled

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