Ambient assisted living

713 Pages·2012·31.47 MB·English

by  Garcia

Ambient
Assisted
Living
Rehabilitation Science in Practice Series
Series Editors
Marcia J. Scherer, Ph.D. Dave Muller, Ph.D.
President Executive
Institute for Matching Person and Technology Suffolk New College
Professor Editor-in-Chief
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Disability and Rehabilitation
University of Rochester Medical Center Founding Editor
Aphasiology

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Ambient
Assisted
Living
Nuno M. Garcia
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
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Contents
Preface ..............................................................................................................................................xi
Contributors .................................................................................................................................xiii
1. Ambient Assisted Living—From Technology to Intervention ......................................1
Nuno M. Garcia, Paula Sousa, and Virginie Felizardo
Section I Review, State of the Art, and AAL Concepts
2. Characterization and Classification of Existing Ambient Assisted Living
Systems: A Systematic Literature Review .........................................................................7
Alexandra Queirós, Anabela G. Silva, Joaquim Alvarelhão, António Teixeira, and
Nelson Pacheco Rocha
3. Pervasive and Mobile Health Care Applications ...........................................................41
Bruno M. C. Silva, Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues, and Ivo M. C. de M. Lopes
4. A Review of Monitoring and Assisted Therapeutic Technology for AAL
Applications ...........................................................................................................................57
Pedro Dinis Gaspar, Virginie Felizardo, and Nuno M. Garcia
5. Implementing Best Evidence-Based Practice into Ambient Assisted Living
Solutions: From User Outcome Research to Best Social Practices .............................87
Gerard Nguyen, Bruno Colin, Dominique Lemoult, François Sigwald, Daniel Thiollier,
and Alain Krivitzky
6. A Demonstration Case on the Derivation of Process-Level Logical
Architectures for Ambient Assisted Living Ecosystems ............................................103
Nuno Santos, Juliana Teixeira, António Pereira, Nuno Ferreira, Ana Lima,
Ricardo Simoes, and Ricardo J. Machado
Section II Communications in AAL
7. Enabling AAL Wireless Data Transmission in Home Automation Networks .......143
Nils Langhammer and Rüdiger Kays
8. Mobility and Multihoming Data Transmission Protocols .........................................181
João C. Silva, Artur Arsenio, and Nuno M. Garcia
9. Power-Aware Communication in Body Area Networks .............................................203
Hassan Ghasemzadeh and Roozbeh Jafari
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10. Wireless Systems Applied to e-Health: Radio-Planning, Energy Efficiency,
and System Integration .....................................................................................................225
Francisco Falcone, Antonio López-Martín, Carlos Fernández-Valdivielso, Luis Serrano,
Santiago Led, and Miguel Martínez Espronceda
Section III AAL Applications to Specific Areas
11. Video Care Services: AAL Solution for Dementia Support—State of the Art
of Research and Intervention ...........................................................................................263
Jorge Nunes Monteiro, Liliana Dias, and Susana Espadaneira
12. Telemedicine Scenario for Elderly People with Comorbidity ...................................293
César P. Gálvez-Barrón, Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Sandra Prescher, Carlos Abellán Cano,
Emilio Suárez Ortega, Ada Font Tió, Jordi Morales Gras, Karol O’Donovan,
Marta Díaz Boladeras, Friedrich Köhler, and Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero
13. A Framework for Monitoring and Assisting Seniors with Memory Disabilities ......327
Paulo Novais, Davide Carneiro, Ângelo Costa, and Ricardo Costa
14. Ambient Assisted Living—From Technology to Intervention ..................................363
Paulo Freitas, Paulo Menezes, and Jorge Dias
15. Innovative Solutions for Inclusion of Totally Blind People ......................................401
Michał Choraś, Rafał Kozik, Salvatore D’Antonio, Giulio Iannello, Andreas Jedlitschka,
Klaus Miesenberger, Luca Vollero, and Adam Wołoszczuk
Section IV Business Models and Study Cases
16. A Business Model for Ambient Assisted Living Solutions .......................................435
Henrique O’Neill and José Duarte Realinho
17. Social Innovations and Emerging Business Models in the Field of Ambient
Assisted Living: Reflection on a Pilot Project...............................................................455
Katrin Schneiders and Ralf Lindert
18. The Living Usability Lab Architecture: Support for the Development and
Evaluation of New Ambient Assisted Living Services for the Elderly ...................477
António Teixeira, Nelson Pacheco Rocha, Carlos Pereira, Joaquim Sousa Pinto,
Miguel Sales Dias, Cláudio Teixeira, Miguel Oliveira e Silva, Alexandra Queirós,
Flávio Ferreira, and André Oliveira
19. Promoting Independent Living and Recreation in Life through Ambient
Assisted Living Technology .............................................................................................509
Ângelo Costa, Juliana Teixeira, Nuno Santos, Ricardo Vardasca,
José Eduardo Fernandes, Ricardo J. Machado, Paulo Novais, and Ricardo Simoes