Smart Home Technology for the Elderly: Perceptions of Multidisciplinary Stakeholders

2008 ◽  
pp. 314-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-mie Sponselee ◽  
Ben Schouten ◽  
Don Bouwhuis ◽  
Charles Willems
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology

scholarly journals Analysis of Smart Home Technology Acceptance and Preference for Elderly in Dubai, UAE

Designs ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Mohammad Arar ◽  
Chuloh Jung ◽  
Jihad Awad ◽  
Afaq Hyder Chohan
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Environmental Control ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology ◽  
Elderly Users

The elderly are the most predicted users for smart home technology in the United Arab Emirates and the population over 65 is expected to increase to 24.3% by 2030. Despite the rapid development of smart home technology, research has been mainly focused on technology development. To encourage conservative elderly users, however, smart home technology should be implemented for UAE elderly users to accept and integrate it into their daily lives. The objective of this paper is to analyze the preferences and needs of smart home technologies to understand the behaviors of UAE elderly users, and the factors affecting the acceptance of technology. As a methodology, a survey and interview were conducted for 110 people in their 40s and 60s and a total of 105 valid survey responses were collected and used as data for frequency, mean, cross-analysis, independent sample t-test, one-way variance analysis, and multiple regression analysis with IBM SPSS statistics 27. The results showed that 67.0% of UAE elderly users have chronic diseases such as high blood pressure (16.2%), heart disease (3.8%), diabetes (32.4%), or arthritis (10.5%). Therefore, smart home technology for health management is inevitable to improve overall lifestyles. It was statistically proven that UAE elderly users want automatic fall detection in the living room (39.0%) and bedroom (25.7%). Lifestyle monitoring in living room (44.7%) and bedroom (18.1%); the elderly preferred living room most for daily life assistance (36.2%), environmental control (50.5%), health and biometric monitoring (49.5%), and video conferencing (82.9%). In the case of sensors, elderly preferred the switch at the entrance (36.2%), and motion detecting sensors (42.9%), video cameras (56.2%), and voice recognition (50.5%) sensors in the living room. However, UAE elderly users do not think smart home technology can protect their privacy. It is found that age group and computer technology affinity are the most influential variables and UAE elderly users have an anxiety about technology, which influenced the acceptance of smart home technology.

scholarly journals A Framework of Smart-Home Service for Elderly’s Biophilic Experience

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (20) ◽  
pp. 8572
Author(s):  
Eun Ji Lee ◽  
Sung Jun Park
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Related Services ◽  
Sustainable Living ◽  
Living Space ◽  
Home Service ◽  
Optimal Health ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology

Smart-home technology and related services can reinforce a person’s experiential nature, promoting sustainable living among the elderly. It is crucial in the housing industry that support “Aging in Place”, contributing to the contact, control, and simulation of nature at home as well as the creation of a high-quality living space instead of mechanical achievement. Further, biophilic experience, the strengthening of inherent human propensity to nature for optimal health and well-being, supports the elderly’s physical, mental, and sociological health. However, despite the continuing emphasis on the benefits of residential nature experiences for the elderly, the application of smart-home technology and services is insufficient. This study presents a theoretical basis for combining biophilia and smart-home technology, providing a framework for smart-home services to ensure elderly residents can have biophilic experiences. In this study, smart-home components and related studies that can support the biophilic experience and the corresponding technology are analyzed. The results suggest the type and content of smart-home service for ensuring a biophilic experience, while also indicating the configuration of supportive input and output devices according to the service framework. Moreover, we recommend the interaction characteristics of smart-home devices from the perspective of residents, space, efficient service provision, and physical application. This paper broadens our understanding of the sustainable, residential-environment nature experience and informs the expansion of the aged-friendly smart-home industry, contributing to smart-home services trends and development.

scholarly journals Elderly Customers’ Open Innovation on Smart Retirement Village: What They Want and What Drive Their Intention to Relocate?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Booi Chen Tan ◽  
Teck Chai Lau ◽  
Nasreen Khan ◽  
Wooi Haw Tan ◽  
Chee Pun Ooi
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Smart Home ◽  
Full Range ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Ageing Population ◽  
Intention To Adopt ◽  
Retirement Village ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology

The rapid growth of the ageing population has increased the attention paid towards the provision of retirement village (RV). RV is a new form of housing on the ageing landscape that provides a full range of care from independent to assisted living to meet the diverse needs of the elderly. Numerous studies conducted in the past examined factors that influence elderly intention to relocate to the RV and the intention to adopt the smart home technology. The current study focused on the intention of elderly to relocate to the smart retirement village (SRV) (i.e., RV with the smart home technology). A customer-driven open innovation survey was conducted to solicit opinions from the elderlies. This paper applied the Theory of Planned Behavior to examine such intention among the elderly in Malaysia. The types of smart home technology preferred by the elderly at the SRV were determined. The results from the multiple regression analysis (N = 305) indicated that attitudes, social norm, and perceived behavioural control contributed significantly to the elderly intention to relocate to the SRV. Further investigation revealed that 83% of the elderly choose the smart emergency contact system as the most important smart home technology to be included.

Design and Application of Smart and Electrical Wheelchair and Charging Station for the Disabled Citizen

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 346-353
Author(s):  
Naim Suleyman Tinğ ◽  
Huseyin Ozel ◽  
Lokman Celik ◽  
Enes Ganidagli ◽  
Hilal Akkamis
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Charging Station ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Solar Powered ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology ◽  
Smart Wheelchair ◽  
Design And Application

In this paper, the design and application of smart wheelchair and charging station for disabled citizen is realized. The first stage of the paper is to make the wheelchair used by our disabled citizens able to access smart home technology via the vehicle via touch screen. The ability of citizens with disabilities to call with direct access via touch screen is also in the wheelchair designed. Thanks to the touch screen placed on the vehicle, disabled citizens are provided with the control of smart automation to control many objects such as curtains and doors in the home. In the second part of the paper, a solar powered charging station is designed and installed in order to charge battery powered wheelchairs. In the charging station made a special card reader system and has the charger to charge the card with disabilities to actively and means are provided.

Conception and implementation of a course for professional training and education in the field of IoT and smart home security

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-1-277-8
Author(s):  
Michael Pilgermann ◽  
Thomas Bocklisch ◽  
Reiner Creutzburg
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Raspberry Pi ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Home Security ◽  
Master Level ◽  
University Course ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology

The aim of this paper is to describe the new concept of a Master level university course for computer science students to address the issues of IoT and Smart Home Security. This concept is well suited for professional training for interested customers and allows the creation of practical exercises. The modular structure of the course contains lectures and exercises on the following topics: 1. Introduction - IoT and Smart Home Technology and Impact 2. Homematic Technology and Smart Home Applications 3. Loxone Technology and Smart Home Applications 4. Raspberry Pi and Smart Home Applications 5. Security of IoT and Smart Home Systems and contains laboratory exercises of diverse complexities.

scholarly journals It’s cool! analysis of factors that influence smart thermostat adoption intention

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Mamonov ◽  
Marios Koufaris
Keyword(s):  
Smart Home ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Commercial Opportunity ◽  
Smart Thermostat ◽  
Home Technology ◽  
Smart Home Technology ◽  
Confirmatory Factory Analysis ◽  
Adoption Intention

Smart thermostats represent an innovative smart home technology and a growing commercial opportunity, yet little is known about the salient factors that affect the adoption of such devices. To address this gap in research, we conduct a three-stage study that progresses through belief elicitation, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factory analysis within a nomological network. We leverage the mixed methods approach to explore the factorial structure of salient perceived benefits and concerns associated with smart thermostats, and we examine the effects of the emergent factors on the adoption intention. We discover that a novel factor, which we term techno-coolness, is the key predictor of the smart thermostat adoption intention. Techno-coolness encompasses the perceptions that a smart thermostat can make a home look modern and futuristic, be fun to use, and make the user feel technologically advanced. We also find that compatibility concerns as well as privacy concerns are significant impediments to the smart thermostat adoption intention.

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