Assisted Living Services for Reminding and Prompting Activities of Daily Living: A Preliminary Case Study

Abstract

Smart Homes provide an infrastructure for implementing the 'ageing in place' paradigm. Assisted living services are essential features within a smart home. This paper presents the details of preliminary work in the development of a context-aware assistance system that can be used pervasively within smart homes. We have investigated the issues surrounding the provision of assistance in undertaking activities of daily living within a smart home and have subsequently outlined a framework to address the identified challenges. The work is currently under development and plans have been made for evaluation within a simulated living environment.

The New Digital Natives

“…A history of the user in terms of physical activity recorded on it, can be developed to produce personalised feedback established upon earlier experiences and present context [315]. Smart Homes offers an infrastructure for putting into practice the concept of ageing in place, through a context-aware system that can be utilised pervasively [142].…”