Ambient Assisted Living (eBook)

Conference Organization 6
General Chair 6
Honorary Chairs 6
Scientific Committee 6
Organizing Committee 7
Preface 8
Contents 10
Technological Sensors and Platforms 14
Radar Sensing of Vital Signs in Assisted Living Applications 15
1 Introduction 16
2 Related Work 17
3 Materials and Methods 19
3.1 System Overview 19
3.2 Algorithmic Framework for Vital Signs Detection 19
3.3 Experimental Setup 24
4 Results and Discussion 27
5 Conclusion 31
References 32
Smart Monitoring of User and Home Environment: The Health@Home Acquisition Framework 35
1 Introduction 36
2 Materials and Methods 36
2.1 The Core Framework 37
2.2 Data Storage and Cloud 39
2.3 User Interface 39
3 Experimental Setup 40
3.1 Data Processing 41
4 Analysis of Results 44
5 Conclusions 47
References 48
RESTOQUI: A Platform to Live at Home All Your Life 50
1 Introduction 51
2 The Concept 52
3 Designing Restoqui 56
4 Discussion 60
5 Conclusion 60
References 61
Heterogeneous Non Obtrusive Platform to Monitor, Assist and Provide Recommendations to Elders at Home: The MoveCare Platform 63
1 Introduction 64
2 MoveCare Platform Overview 65
3 The Service Layer: Monitoring, Assistance and Activities 66
3.1 Activity Center 66
3.2 Monitoring and Environmental Data 67
3.3 Assistance 69
4 The Elements of the MoveCare Platform 70
4.1 Virtual Caregiver 70
4.2 A Service Robot 73
4.3 The Community of MoveCare Users 74
4.4 The Monitoring Systems 75
5 Evaluation 75
6 Conclusion 76
References 77
Virtual Modeling of the Elderly to Improve Health and Wellbeing Status: Experiences in the Active Ageing at Home Project 80
1 Introduction 81
2 Virtual Model 83
3 An Example of Virtual Model Usage 87
4 Discussion 90
5 Conclusions 91
References 92
How to Increase Older Adults’ Accessibility to Mobile Technology? The New ECOMODE Camera 93
1 Older Adults and Mobile Technology 93
2 The ECOMODE Technology 97
3 The ECOMODE Interaction Design 98
3.1 A Study with Older Adults 99
3.2 Expert Interviews 100
4 Conclusions 102
References 103
Assistive Robotics 107
Degrees of Empathy: Humans’ Empathy Toward Humans, Animals, Robots and Objects 108
1 Introduction 109
2 Empathy 109
3 Empathy Toward Robots, Technologies and Objects 112
4 Methods 113
4.1 Paticipants 113
4.2 Stimuli 113
4.3 Procedure 114
4.4 Data Handling 115
5 Results 115
6 Discussion and Final Remarks 118
References 119
Human-Robot Cooperation via Brain Computer Interface in Assistive Scenario 121
1 Introduction 122
2 Methods 124
2.1 Object Selection 125
2.2 Object Recognition 127
2.3 Robot Motion Planning 129
3 Experimental Trial 130
4 Results 131
4.1 BCI Classifier Accuracy 132
4.2 Object Recognition Accuracy 132
4.3 Pick and Place Performance 133
5 Conclusions and Future Works 134
References 135
ACCRA Project: Agile Co-Creation for Robots and Aging 138
1 Introduction 139
2 ACCRA Project Overview 141
3 ACCRA Applications 142
4 ACCRA Methodology 143
4.1 Step I: Needs Analysis 144
4.2 Step II: Agile Co-Creation 146
4.3 Step III: Experimentation 149
5 ACCRA Architecture 149
6 Discussion 151
7 Conclusion 153
References 154
The CARESSES EU-Japan Project: Making Assistive Robots Culturally Competent 156
1 Introduction 157
2 Facets of Cultural Competence 158
3 The CARESSES Approach 159
4 Development Methodology 161
4.1 Initial Scenarios 162
4.2 Elicitation of Guidelines 164
5 Technical Solutions 165
5.1 System Architecture 165
5.2 Cultural Knowledge Base 166
5.3 Culturally-Sensitive Planning and Execution 167
5.4 Culture-Aware Human-Robot Interaction 167
6 Evaluation Strategy 169
7 Current Status and Future Work 170
8 Conclusions 173
References 173
The Role of Social Robots in Public Space 175
1 Introduction 176
2 The Robot in Public Space 176
3 Methods 178
4 Results 180
4.1 Video Analysis 180
4.2 Analysis of Self-report Questionnaires 182
5 Discussion and Final Remarks 186
References 188
Assistance and Care Applications 191
Towards the Development of an Integrated Care Platform for Frail Older Adults: Setting the Technological Priorities from a Stakeholder Perspective 192
1 Introduction 193
2 Methodology 194
2.1 Study Design 194
2.2 Participants 194
2.3 Procedure 195
2.4 Data Analysis 196
3 Results 197
4 Conclusions 198
References 200
ViTA: Virtual Trainer for Aging 201
1 Introduction 202
2 Materials and Methods 204
2.1 General System Overview 204
2.2 System Main Components and Architecture 205
3 Experimentation Phase and Expected Results 206
3.1 Procedure 206
3.2 Experimental Protocol 207
3.3 Expected Results and Advantages 208
4 Conclusion 208
References 209
Do the Right Task! Supporting Volunteers Timetabling with Preferences Through the Sponsor Platform 211
1 Introduction 211
2 A Selection of Works in Teamwork Building 213
3 The Sponsor Project 214
4 The Televita Case 215
5 Timetabling as a Binary Integer Programming Problem 218
6 The SponsorT Front-End 220
6.1 The SponsorT Desktop App 220
6.2 The SponsorT Mobile App 224
7 Conclusions and Future Works 225
References 225
ReMoVES Remote Monitoring Validation Engineering System: New Way of Care 228
1 Introduction 229
2 Objectives and Constraints 230
3 Technical Description 231
4 Exercising Through Serious Games 232
5 Movements and Therapy Application 234
5.1 Upper Limb 235
5.2 Lower Limb 235
5.3 Balance Shift 235
5.4 Sit to Stand 236
5.5 Hand, Wrist and Fingers Movements 236
6 Data Processing 236
7 Preliminary Results 238
8 Conclusions 240
References 241
OPENCARE: Emergent Technologies for the Care of Older Adults in Residential Facilities 242
1 Background 243
2 The OPENCARE Project 243
3 The OPENCARE Solutions 244
4 The Participatory Design Approach 246
5 Discussion and Conclusion 247
References 249
Health and Medical Support Methodologies and Technologies 250
A Wearable Device to Support the Pull Test in Parkinson Disease 251
1 Introduction 251
2 The System Developed to Support the Pull Test 253
2.1 The Pull Test Protocol 253
2.2 The Backward Tug Assessment 254
2.3 The Postural Instability Assessment 256
3 Experimental Results 257
4 Conclusions 257
References 259
Study of the Usability of an Adaptive Smart Home Interface for People with Alzheimer’s Disease 261
1 Introduction 261
2 The Adaptive Smart Home 263
3 Methods 264
4 Results 266
5 Discussion and Conclusion 267
References 268
DAPHNE: A Novel e-Health System for the Diagnosis and the Treatment of Parkinson’s Disease 270
1 Introduction 271
2 Materials and Methods 273
2.1 Clinical Hypotheses 273
2.2 Clinical Objectives and Services 274
3 Results and Discussion 275
3.1 Hardware: Sensorized Wearable Devices 275
3.2 Software: Cloud Platform Layers 277
3.3 Data Security 280
3.4 Preliminary Results 280
3.5 Clinical Impact 280
3.6 Economic Impact 281
3.7 Technological Impact 283
4 Conclusion 284
References 285
MARIO Project: Experimentation in the Hospital Setting 288
1 Introduction 290
2 Materials and Methods 291
2.1 Diagnosis of Dementia, and Cognitive-Neuropsychiatric-Affective Assessment 292
2.2 Evaluation of Social Aspects and Resilience 292
2.3 Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden Level Assessment 293
2.4 Clinical Assessment 293
2.5 Acceptability and Usability Assessment 293
2.6 Statistical Analysis 293
3 Results 294
3.1 First Trial Outcomes 294
3.2 Second Trial Outcomes 296
4 Conclusion 299
References 300
Analysis, Modelling and Design of AAL Services 303
DayD: Smart System to Monitor Patients’ Swallowing 304
1 Introduction 305
1.1 Literature Review on Dysphagia 305
1.2 Review of Existing Dysphagia Applications 307
1.3 Review of Existing Dysphagia Devices: Patents and Market 309
2 Objectives 310
3 DayD Project Concept 311
3.1 General Design Considerations 311
3.2 Hardware Specifications 312
3.3 Software Specifications 314
4 Next Steps 316
4.1 First Functional Prototype 316
5 Conclusions 316
References 318
Age-Friendly City and Walkability: Data from Observations Towards Simulations 320
1 Introduction and Related Work 320
2 Observation Results 321
3 Discussion 323
References 324
A Novel Model for Improving the Social Healthcare of the Italian Older People. Step 1: Sample Analysis 326
1 Introduction 327
2 State of the Art 328
2.1 The Current Social Healthcare Model in Europe 328
2.2 Focus on the Italian Model: Main Issues 329
3 Analysis of the Reference Sample 329
3.1 Questionnaire 330
3.2 Results 330
4 Improving the Social Healthcare Model 333
5 Conclusions 335
References 336
Assisted Coaching for Older People: Initial Considerations 337
1 Introduction 338
2 The Assisted Coaching Apps 338
3 The Study 339
3.1 Methods and Participants 340
3.2 Results 341
4 Discussions 345
5 Conclusions 346
References 347
Service Design: Thinking Experiences for Playing an Active Role in Society 349
1 Active Elderly/Old Age 349
2 Autonomy and Loneliness 350
2.1 Home Base Versus Home Shelter 351
2.2 Inclusiveness Versus Specificity 351
2.3 Role Versus Commitment 351
3 Active Citizenship 352
3.1 Service Design 353
3.2 Case Studies 354
4 Conclusions 357
References 358
Author Index 360