Potential and Requirements of IT for Ambient Assisted Living Technologies

Spitalewsky, Katharina; Rochon, Justine; Ganzinger, Matthias; Knaup, Petra

doi:10.3414/me12-01-0021

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“…The primary goal of AAL solutions is to extend the time which elderly people can live independently in their preferred environment using ICT technologies for personal healthcare [3,4]. Presently, there is a huge demand for AAL systems, applications and devices for personal health monitoring and telehealth services [5,6]. Moreover, personal health monitoring is setting a trend with increased empowerment of citizens in healthcare, stimulated by the growing awareness and understanding of healthcare concepts and systems, i.e.…”

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Ambient Assisted Living Healthcare Frameworks, Platforms, Standards, and Quality Attributes

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Wagner

Pedersen

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Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) is an emerging multi-disciplinary field aiming at exploiting information and communication technologies in personal healthcare and telehealth systems for countering the effects of growing elderly population. AAL systems are developed for personalized, adaptive, and anticipatory requirements, necessitating high quality-of-service to achieve interoperability, usability, security, and accuracy. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the AAL field with a focus on healthcare frameworks, platforms, standards, and quality attributes. To achieve this, we conducted a literature survey of state-of-the-art AAL frameworks, systems and platforms to identify the essential aspects of AAL systems and investigate the critical issues from the design, technology, quality-of-service, and user experience perspectives. In addition, we conducted an email-based survey for collecting usage data and current status of contemporary AAL systems. We found that most AAL systems are confined to a limited set of features ignoring many of the essential AAL system aspects. Standards and technologies are used in a limited and isolated manner, while quality attributes are often addressed insufficiently. In conclusion, we found that more inter-organizational collaboration, user-centered studies, increased standardization efforts, and a focus on open systems is needed to achieve more interoperable and synergetic AAL solutions.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ambient Assisted Living Healthcare Frameworks, Platforms, Standards, and Quality Attributes

Memon

Wagner

Pedersen

et al. 2014

Sensors

297

147

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“… Design and architecture of technologies for home care and for support of an independent life at home, so-called Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) systems are also discussed (Ikonen & Kaasinen 2009;Rothenspieler et al 2011;Spitalewsky et al 2013). Moreover, it becomes apparent that vulnerable groups and those with special needs must be taken into particular consideration.…”

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“…Based on the literature found, a list of ethical issues regarding cybersecurity in the health domain could be revealed as follows. -difficulties regarding usability (Kaplan & Litewka 2008;Spitalewsky et al 2013;Young et al 2014), -open access (Greenbaum et al 2011;McCormack et al 2016), and especially -the risk of hacking and other forms of attacks (Motti & Caine 2015;Mulligan & Schneider 2011;Tieu et al 2015;Yang 2016), which could directly affect the physical and psychological safety of affected individuals (Camara et al 2015;Ienca & Haselager 2016).…”

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“…For instance, improved system awareness about occupancy would improve the reliability of alerts to family members and health care providers. One novel contribution of this study is that it complements a recent Delphi study that engaged different types of stakeholders across a range of ages to identify requirements for AAL technology but did not specifically focus on older adults over the age of 75 (32). In addition, this study engaged older adults early in the design process for AAL technology.…”

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Assessing Older Adults’ Perceptions of Sensor Data and Designing Visual Displays for Ambient Environments

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Chung

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Summary Objectives Our objectives were to: 1) characterize older adult participants’ perceived usefulness of in-home sensor data and 2) develop novel visual displays for sensor data from Ambient Assisted Living environments that can become part of electronic health records. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community-dwelling older adult participants during three and six-month visits. We engaged participants in two design iterations by soliciting feedback about display types and visual displays of simulated data related to a fall scenario. Interview transcripts were analyzed to identify themes related to perceived usefulness of sensor data. Results Thematic analysis identified three themes: perceived usefulness of sensor data for managing health; factors that affect perceived usefulness of sensor data and; perceived usefulness of visual displays. Visual displays were cited as potentially useful for family members and health care providers. Three novel visual displays were created based on interview results, design guidelines derived from prior AAL research, and principles of graphic design theory. Conclusions Participants identified potential uses of personal activity data for monitoring health status and capturing early signs of illness. One area for future research is to determine how visual displays of AAL data might be utilized to connect family members and health care providers through shared understanding of activity levels versus a more simplified view of self-management. Connecting informal and formal caregiving networks may facilitate better communication between older adults, family members and health care providers for shared decision-making.

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Potential and Requirements of IT for Ambient Assisted Living Technologies

Cited by 26 publications

References 19 publications

Ambient Assisted Living Healthcare Frameworks, Platforms, Standards, and Quality Attributes

Ambient Assisted Living Healthcare Frameworks, Platforms, Standards, and Quality Attributes

Canvas White Paper 1 Cybersecurity and Ethics

Assessing Older Adults’ Perceptions of Sensor Data and Designing Visual Displays for Ambient Environments

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