Characterizing the interaction design in healthy smart home devices for the elderly

Cho, Myung Eun; Kim, Mi Jeong

doi:10.1177/1420326x14521229

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“…Smart home technology includes various communication and network devices that use monitors, sensors, applications and robotics (Cook, D. J. ), and it can help healthy older people to continue to live independently in their own home as they age (Brims & Oliver, ; Cho & Kim, ). Technology has been used in older people's homes to collect data on using electronic domestic appliances, such as coffee makers and washing machines, and control everyday routines, such as turning lights on and off and opening and closing doors and windows (Austin et al, ).…”

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How smart homes are used to support older people: An integrative review

Turjamaa

Pehkonen

Kangasniemi

2019

Int J Older People Nursing

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Background The number of healthy older people is increasing, and most of them want to live in their own homes for as long as possible. Smart home technology can support living at home, but synthetised knowledge of previous studies about their suitability for the everyday lives of older people is rare. Methods Data for this integrated review were obtained by searching the PubMed, CINAHL and Scopus databases from 2012 to 2019, based on inclusion and exclusion criteria, and then carrying out quality appraisals of the papers that were selected. Results We identified 944 papers, and 16 were included in the review. According to our analysis, smart home solutions for older people focused on devices for daily and healthy living and older people's safety. The smart home solutions they discussed were used to help older people carry out everyday activities and lead healthier and more fulfilled lives, by improving their physical safety and social communication. Older people reported that smart homes improved their sense of security, quality of daily life and activities and provided them with information about the care they could receive. However, research on older people playing an active role in developing smart home technology was lacking. Conclusion The existing literature focused on evaluating daily activities with routine measurements. There has been a lack of research that has focused on older people's experiences as the end users of this technology. However, the papers lacked data on how older people could maintain their social relationships and become more proactive in daily living. Implications for practice With further development, smart homes can be used to support older people to perform daily activities and help them maintain their social relationships. These steps will ensure that they can continue to live independently in their own homes for longer.

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How smart homes are used to support older people: An integrative review

Turjamaa

Pehkonen

Kangasniemi

2019

Int J Older People Nursing

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“…10 Time-use in different rooms of a house by different age groups could also be an issue. According to international trends for using smart technologies to increase independency in elderly housing, 11 finding where the elderly like to spend time at home could improve residential design for them.…”

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Time-use in different rooms of selected New Zealand houses and the influence of plan layout

Khajehzadeh

Vale

Isaacs

2016

Indoor and Built Environment

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House interiors are affected by outdoor and indoor pollutants although levels of exposure differ with room type. The times people spend in rooms also differ, and hence their potential level of exposure, which is the focus of this article. Additionally, time spent in a kitchen during cooking, which is the main source of indoor particulates for non-smoking households, could affect indoor air quality in other rooms, especially where the kitchen is part of an open plan arrangement. This study investigated the time people spend in all rooms including kitchens and open plan kitchen/dining/living in New Zealand houses. On average, New Zealanders spend 54% of time at home indoors in usual bedrooms and 29%–36% in a living room, dining room, and kitchen (or combination of these). People in open plan houses spend less time in living areas than those in cellular plan houses, but effectively more time in the ‘kitchen’. Given time spent in a combined living room/dining/kitchen, combined living room/kitchen or combined dining room/kitchen is effectively time spent in a kitchen, people spend respectively 3.23, 1.36 and 0.53 h/day more in the kitchen compared to those having a separate kitchen, which could increase their chance of exposure to kitchen pollutants.

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“…This model evaluated the home environments in four aspects: A person's functional capacity (human), care (activity), the built environment (space), and smart technology (technology). Cho and Kim (2014) proposed a framework of user interface design principles for older people that helps to evaluate the usability of smart devices in their homes. This framework was based on five evaluation tools for living environments: multiphasic environmental assessment protocol (MEAP), nursing unit rating scale (NURS), professional environmental assessment protocol (PEAP), environmental audit tool (EAT) and evaluation of older people's living environments (EVOLVE).…”

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Smart home modification design strategies for ageing in place: a systematic review

Guerra-Santin

Mohammadi

2021

J Hous and the Built Environ

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This research explores current strategies and approaches directed to integrate innovative technologies in the home modification process to support independent living and ageing in place. The systematic review considered studies conducted from the perspective of architecture, smart technology, and gerontology. Scientific databases of related disciplines (e.g. Scopus, Web of Science, Engineer village, Google Scholar, Crossref) were searched and supplemented by hand search method. Thirty-three out of 2594 articles were analysed from three perspectives: the framework of the smart home environment for ageing in place, the smart home modification process, and problems and countermeasures of independent living. The result shows that both home modification and smart technologies can support older adults’ independent living, especially with fall prevention and indoor accessibility. Technologies deployed in older adults’ homes are transiting from manual assistive technology to more intelligent devices, and the notion of the robotic home has emerged. According to existing practices, universal design is an extensively adopted strategy for smart home design and modification. However, in most cases, universal design is used as a retrofitting guideline for general home settings rather than specifically for smart homes. The fundamental requirements in smart home modification phases are customisation, minimum life interference, and extensible technologies to cope with the ageing process.

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Characterizing the interaction design in healthy smart home devices for the elderly

Cited by 29 publications

References 29 publications

How smart homes are used to support older people: An integrative review

How smart homes are used to support older people: An integrative review

Time-use in different rooms of selected New Zealand houses and the influence of plan layout

Smart home modification design strategies for ageing in place: a systematic review

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