Virtual Carer: A First Prototype

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Author(s): Aldo Franco Dragoni (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 10
Source title: Telehealth Networks for Hospital Services: New Methodologies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Vincenzo Gulla (Advanced Digital Technologies, Italy), Angelo Rossi Mori (National Research Council, Italy), Francesco Gabbrielli (Rome General Hospital Umberto 1, Italy)and Pietro Lanzafame (Centro Neurolesi, Italy)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2979-0.ch019

Keywords: Health Information Systems / Medical Information Science Reference / Medicine & Healthcare

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Abstract

In view of the rapidly progressive increase in the average population age, “Ambient Assisted Living” (AAL) defines the actions and policies needed to promote the improvement of living conditions within domestic spaces to foster autonomy, safety, and social inclusion for the elderly or disabled. The idea is to design an innovative and comprehensive information system for AAL, an ICT-based “Virtual Caregiver,” which is informed, intelligent and friendly, and which constantly monitors the health warning, informing and advising the elderly while controlling the environment and then asking for help when needed. The system will have the ability to establish interactive communication with the person but also extend it automatically outside the house in times of need. Virtual Caregiver will be able to enable the software protocols that activate the emergency phone calls to the family, medics or even first aid in emergencies.

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