Monitoring Health Parameters of Elders to Support Independent Living and Improve Their Quality of Life
Ilia Adami, Michalis Foukarakis, Stavroula Ntoa, Nikolaos Partarakis, Nikolaos Stefanakis, George Koutras, Themistoklis Kutsuras, Danai Ioannidi, Xenophon Zabulis, Constantine Stephanidis
Abstract
Improving the well-being and quality of life of the elderly population is closely related to assisting them to effectively manage age-related conditions such as chronic illnesses and anxiety, and to maintain their independence and self-sufficiency as much as possible. This paper presents the design, architecture and implementation structure of an adaptive system for monitoring the health and well-being of the elderly. The system was designed following best practices of the Human-Centred Design approach involving representative end-users from the early stages.