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An E-Health System for Promoting Wellbeing in the Elderly: The Butler System
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Author(s): Cristina Botella (Universidad Jaume I, Spain & CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III, Spain), Rosa M. Baños (Universidad de Valencia, Spain & CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III, Spain), Ernestina Etchemendy (CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III, Spain), Diana Castilla (Universidad Jaume I, Spain & CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III, Spain), Azucena García-Palacios (Universidad Jaume I, Spain & CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III, Spain)and Mariano Alcañiz (CIBER Fisiopatología Obesidad y Nutrición (CB06/03), Instituto Carlos III, Spain & University Research Institute for Bioengineering and Human Centered Technology (UPV), Spain)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 15
Source title:
User-Driven Healthcare: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2770-3.ch042
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Abstract
The disproportionate increase in the world’s aged population, especially in developed countries, is one of the biggest challenges for developing health and social development policies. Developed countries are starting to include e-health applications in their health policies; these are effective programs that can reach large numbers of people at a much lower economic cost. The “Butler System” is an e-health application designed specifically for older people and the health professionals who work with this population. The Butler System is a multi-user platform with various levels of action, which includes resources that enhance elderly users’ social integration, learning, socio-emotional networks, leisure and training in emotional regulation skills. Furthermore, the platform allows practitioners to continuously monitor older people’s emotional states and offers various clinical resources and therapeutic activities. Tools such as the Butler System could become integral to supporting and promoting healthy habits for the elderly and assisting the health professionals who work with this population.
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