HABITAT: An IoT Solution for Independent Elderly

Abstract

In this work, a flexible and extensive digital platform for Smart Homes is presented, exploiting the most advanced technologies of the Internet of Things, such as Radio Frequency Identification, wearable electronics, Wireless Sensor Networks, and Artificial Intelligence. Thus, the main novelty of the paper is the system-level description of the platform flexibility allowing the interoperability of different smart devices. This research was developed within the framework of the operative project HABITAT (Home Assistance Based on the Internet of Things for the Autonomy of Everybody), aiming at developing smart devices to support elderly people both in their own houses and in retirement homes, and embedding them in everyday life objects, thus reducing the expenses for healthcare due to the lower need for personal assistance, and providing a better life quality to the elderly users.

Commercial ICT Smart Solutions for the Elderly: State of the Art and Future Challenges in the Smart Furniture Sector

“…This article has already received 70 citations in three years. There are also several journal publications in prominent impact factor journals [137][138][139]141,[145][146][147][148][149][150] that confirm these findings; the most important one is "Internet-of-things-based smart environments: state of the art, taxonomy, and open research challenges" by Ahmed et al 2016 [145] published in the IEEE Wireless Communications journal with IF = 11, which is indexed second or fourth in all four web of science categories. This article has already received 70 citations in three years.…”

“…As shown in Figure 7, the evolution of the research area evaluated by keywords over the years is huge. From the literature review, it is possible to observe a significant move from using technologies such as Smart Home solutions, systems, technology and Elderly with health-related keywords through the extensive use of sensors, assistive technologies, monitoring of daily activities until now, where a clear phenomenon of IoT [137][138][139][140][141] and activity recognition with ambient assisted living (AAL) [2,137,142,143] and quality of life (QoL) [3,144] can be seen (Figure 7). Electronics 2020, 9, x FOR PEER REVIEW 24 of 33…”

“…As shown in Figure 7, the evolution of the research area evaluated by keywords over the years is huge. From the literature review, it is possible to observe a significant move from using technologies such as Smart Home solutions, systems, technology and Elderly with health-related keywords through the extensive use of sensors, assistive technologies, monitoring of daily activities until now, where a clear phenomenon of IoT [137][138][139][140][141] and activity recognition with ambient assisted living (AAL) [2,137,142,143] and quality of life (QoL) [3,144] can be seen (Figure 7). There are also several journal publications in prominent impact factor journals [137][138][139]141,[145][146][147][148][149][150]] that confirm these findings; the most important one is "Internet-of-things-based smart environments: state of the art, taxonomy, and open research challenges" by Ahmed et al 2016 [145] published in the IEEE Wireless Communications journal with IF = 11, which is indexed second or fourth in all four web of science categories.…”

Physiological and Behavior Monitoring Systems for Smart Healthcare Environments: A Review

“…There are two ways in which RFID systems can be used for indoor location [83]: the RFID tag acting as a target and carried by the patient is sensed by RFID readers distributed in specific areas of the house, or, the RFID reader is attached to the patient and senses different RFID tags that are placed in specific places of the house. A more practical case regarding the use of RFID technology applied to AAL environments is the project HABITAT (Home Assistance Based on the Internet of Things for the Autonomy of Everybody) [87], whose main objective was to monitor and assist elderly in their daily life activities. The developed system was based on a RFID system for indoor localization.…”

Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Future Challenges in Bioimpedance Devices for Healthcare Applications

“…The continuous increase in life expectancy is contributing to an aging population and an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases [1,2]. The consequence is an impact on the socioeconomic structure of society in terms of increased medical expenses and health and social welfare needs.…”