IoT for Elderly, Aging and eHealth
Quality of Life and Independent Living for the Elderly
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The ageing population is a profound and pervasive challenge all over the world. More people are living to old age with disabling conditions and chronic diseases. This phenomenon leads to the increasing demands...
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During the past decade, IoT and cloud technology integration has been widely adopted in the healthcare industry to provide better healthcare solutions to the elderly. Considering the problems of resource short...
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The rapid development of advanced technologies has affected the healthcare industry regarding healthcare services delivery and the use of equipment for healthcare treatments. In China, due to the high coverage...
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The Healthcare sector is one of the important service sectors in the world. Advanced technologies, i.e. artificial intelligence (AI) and data mining techniques, have been implemented to improve the reliability...
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Falls are one of the most common and problematic issues for the elderly, especially for the elderly living alone or going out independently. Falling can cause severe injuries to the elderly such as disability,...
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Due to the demographic change and longer life expectancies, the ageing population is a profound and pervasive problem worldwide, such as Japan, China, the United States, and Taiwan. It is forecasted that this ...
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Long-term care is caring for the elderly with physical or mental disabilities. Typically, it can be divided into two main types, which are home-based Care and Residential Care. For home-based care organisation...
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In this chapter, we highlight and analyze the role of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), Edge and Cloud Computing Infrastructures to develop the new generation of healthcare systems for the elderly. The fa...
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The ageing population has been a severe problem in the world. With the increasing aged population problem, society would face challenges in different dimensions, especially to the healthcare industry or health...
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Due to the ageing population worldwide, healthcare services have become increasingly concerned about their capacity to sustain the quality of life among the elderly. With most of the elderly who prefer staying...