scholarly journals Clinical Process in Blockchain for Patient Security in Home Care

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
David Mendes ◽  
Hugo Galvão ◽  
Margarida Eiras ◽  
Manuel Lopes
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Home Care ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Data Privacy ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Hospital Information Systems ◽  
Clinical Process ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
Living Environments

 We explain how a solution for data privacy, and specifically for cognitive security, can be enforced and guaranteed using blockchain technology in SAAL (Smart Ambient Assisted Living) environments. Using our proposal the access to a patient’s clinical process is secure for the adequate interested and authorized parties while resist tampering and ransomware attacks that have recently plagued the HIS (Hospital Information Systems) in various countries.Journal of the Institute of Engineering, 2017, 13(1): 37-47

scholarly journals Ambient Assisted Living as Support for Aging in Place: Quantitative Users’ Acceptance Study on Ultrasonic Whistles (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Biermann ◽  
Julia Offermann-van Heek ◽  
Simon Himmel ◽  
Martina Ziefle
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Emergency Service ◽  
Aging In Place ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Living Room ◽  
Home Automation ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Care Needs

BACKGROUND Given the fact of an aging society, new supply measures and living concepts are needed, especially as health impairments along with care dependency increase with age. As many elderly people wish to stay at home for as long as possible, ambient assisted living (AAL) represents a support for aging in place. OBJECTIVE AAL combines medical and care technology within living environments and is, therefore, a promising approach to cope with demographic change in terms of fast-growing care needs and fewer skilled workers. Ultrasonic whistles represent one innovative technical possibility for such supportive housing solutions. Central fields of application are home automation, emergency service, and positioning. As AAL technologies affect sensitive areas of life, it is of great interest under which conditions they are accepted or rejected, taking individual user requirements into account. Hence, the aim of this study was to investigate users’ perception and evaluation of ultrasonic whistles. METHODS In this study, we examined the acceptance of ultrasonic whistles in home care by function and room using a Web-based questionnaire. Besides an evaluation of the overall usefulness, we focused on the intention to use ultrasonic whistles; 270 participants assessed home automation, emergency service, and positioning as specific functions of ultrasonic whistles. Furthermore, bathroom, bedroom, and living room were evaluated as specific usage locations (rooms). With regard to the user’s perspective, the focus was set on age and attitudes toward aging of care receivers. RESULTS This study revealed a significant influence of function (F2,269=60.444; P<.001), room (F2,269=41.388; P<.001), and the interaction of function and room (F4,269=8.701; P<.001) on the acceptance of ultrasonic whistles. The use of emergency services within the bathroom represented the most accepted alternative, whereas positioning within the living room received the comparably lowest evaluations. Although user diversity played a minor role for acceptance overall, the assessment of single applications differed among user groups, particularly with regard to age differences (F20,500=1.988; P<.01) in the evaluation of specific installation options such as automated doors. CONCLUSIONS The study revealed profound insights into the user-centered assessment of ultrasonic whistles in home care and discovered function and room as influencing acceptance parameters. Concerning user characteristics, age, and attitude toward aging partly affected these evaluations, forming the basis for and showing the importance of further investigations in this context.

Interactive Personalization of Ambient Assisted Living Environments

2011 ◽  
pp. 567-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Marinc ◽  
Carsten Stocklöw ◽  
Anreas Braun ◽  
Carsten Limberger ◽  
Cristian Hofmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assisted Living ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Living Environments

Rehabilitation Systems in Ambient Assisted Living Environments

2015 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
A. M. Middleton ◽  
R. P. Harte ◽  
T. E. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Assisted Living ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Ambient Assisted Living ◽  
Robotic Rehabilitation ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
The Future ◽  
Living Environments

This chapter reviews Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) in the context of movement-based rehabilitation. The authors analyse the need for AAL solutions and how they can overcome many of the drawbacks associated with traditional rehabilitation. They discuss the benefits and challenges of rehabilitation within the AAL paradigm and the well-known benefits that the telerehabilitation and telemedicine models have already established. The authors review the top ambient technologies in use today, detailing their advantages and shortcomings. The review focuses primarily on areas such as motion capture, serious games, and robotic rehabilitation. The authors carry out a structured search of two well-known databases to find the most recent advances and present the most interesting lines of research and development. Finally, the authors discuss the review findings and draw conclusions on the future of personalised rehabilitation within an AAL paradigm.

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