Abstract
This paper describes the approach used to identify elderly people’s needs and attitudes towards applying ambient sensor systems for monitoring daily activities in the home. As elderly are typically unfamiliar with such ambient technology, interactive tools for explicating sensor monitoring –an interactive dollhouse and iPad applications for displaying live monitored sensor activity data– were developed and used for this study. Furthermore, four studies conducted by occupational therapists with more than 60 elderly participants –including questionnaires (n=41), interviews (n=6), user sessions (n=14) and field studies (n=2)– were conducted. The experiences from these studies suggest that this approach helped to democratically engage the elderly as end-user and identify acceptance issues.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2013 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare and Workshops |
| Subtitle of host publication | PervasiveHealth 2013: Venice, Italy May 5/8, 2013 |
| Editors | Mary Czerwinski , Oscar Mayora , Paul Lukowicz, Andrew Campbell , Venet Osmani |
| Publisher | IEEE Press |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781936968800 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Venice, Italy Duration: 5 May 2013 → 8 May 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare |
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| Abbreviated title | Persavivehealth 2013 |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Venice |
| Period | 5/05/13 → 8/05/13 |