CAALYX: a new generation of location-based services in healthcare

Abstract

Recent advances in mobile positioning systems and telecommunications are providing the technology needed for the development of location-aware tele-care applications. This paper introduces CAALYX -Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment, an EU-funded project that aims at increasing older people's autonomy and self-confidence by developing a wearable light device capable of measuring specific vital signs of the elderly, detecting falls and location, and communicating automatically in real-time with his/her care provider in case of an emergency, wherever the older person happens to be, at home or outside.

Direct measurement of human movement by accelerometry

“…The authors wish to acknowledge Dr. John Nelson and the CAALYXFP6 project, caalyx.eu [152], for their financial support during the write up of this review.…”

P2Care: A dynamic peer-to-peer network for collaboration in personalized healthcare service delivery

“…Innovations in ICT technologies imposed significant changes into the healthcare domain with the development of centralized computing systems. Many research projects such as SAPHIRE [8], ERMHAN [9], CAALYX [10], CHRONIOUS [11], have proposed and implemented various telemedicine and tele-monitoring systems for managing remotely patients suffering from a single disease. With the evolution in distributed collaborative systems, various platforms were established for supporting collaboration among primary and secondary care.…”

Funcionalidades TIC Dirigidas a Personas Mayores, ¿Cómo son Valoradas en el Medio Rural?

“…En consecuencia, situaciones de enfermedad, accidentes en el hogar, y otras circunstancias cotidianas de peligro pueden abordarse a través de un canal de rápida comunicación para solicitar ayuda urgente (Abascal & Civit, 2001). Sensores en el hogar (Demiris et al, 2004) o en dispositivos móviles, sistemas de televigilancia (Scanaill et al, 2006), y aplicaciones con GPS (Boulos et al, 2007) combinadas con un servicio de comunicación directa con una persona de referencia permiten una movilidad más independiente, tanto dentro como fuera del hogar, unida a una sensación de mayor tranquilidad y seguridad en sus movimientos.…”