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Biomedical Engineering and Elderly Support

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  • Antonis S. Billis

    (Lab of Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis

    (Lab of Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Vicky Zilidou

    (Lab of Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Kush Wadhwa

    (Global Security Intelligence, London, UK)

  • Aristea Kyriaki Ladas

    (South-East European Research Center, Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Panagiotis D. Bamidis

    (Lab of Medical Informatics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece)

Abstract

The undoubted growing percentage of senior population (age 65+) has been obvious in the modern society during the last few decades. Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies arise as a promising means of elderly care, thereby reducing both carers’ workload and public health services costs. LongLastingMemories, an EU funded project, aimed at alleviating senior people mental and physical health problems by integrating state of the art computer-aided technology and prolonging their independent living by providing a smart home solution. Five rounds of multicentric pilots were planned and conducted in order to test that objectives such as accessibility, user acceptance and perceived effectiveness of the service were met by the final LLM prototype. A questionnaire survey was conducted after each pilot with several stakeholders, such as senior subjects and formal careers, proving the wide acceptance of our service and its applicability in the domain of elderly healthcare.

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  • Antonis S. Billis & Evdokimos I. Konstantinidis & Vicky Zilidou & Kush Wadhwa & Aristea Kyriaki Ladas & Panagiotis D. Bamidis, 2013. "Biomedical Engineering and Elderly Support," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 2(2), pages 21-37, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:2:y:2013:i:2:p:21-37
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    1. Daniel J. Mallinson & Saahir Shafi, 2022. "Smart home technology: Challenges and opportunities for collaborative governance and policy research," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 39(3), pages 330-352, May.

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