User and Concept Studies as Tools in Developing Mobile Communication Services for the Elderly
Personal and Ubiquitous Computing
Plug 'n play simplicity for wireless medical body sensors
Mobile Networks and Applications
Mobile Networks and Applications
Improving telemonitoring of heart failure patients with NFC technology
BIEN '07 Proceedings of the fifth IASTED International Conference: biomedical engineering
Experiencing real-world interaction: results from a NFC user experience field trial
Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Wireless patient monitoring for the e-inclusion of chronic patients and elderly people
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Identification technologies to support Alzheimer contexts
Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
An ad-hoc network based framework for monitoring brain function
Proceedings of the 11th communications and networking simulation symposium
Mobile phones assisting with health self-care: a diabetes case study
Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Human computer interaction with mobile devices and services
Technology devices for older adults to aid self management of chronic health conditions
Proceedings of the 10th international ACM SIGACCESS conference on Computers and accessibility
FoodManager: a cooking, eating and appliance controlling support system for the elderly
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
Service migration protocol for NFC links
EUNICE'10 Proceedings of the 16th EUNICE/IFIP WG 6.6 conference on Networked services and applications: engineering, control and management
CHI '12 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Towards an ambient assisted living user interaction taxonomy
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A Survey on Near Field Communication (NFC) Technology
Wireless Personal Communications: An International Journal
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Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) aims to enhance quality of life of elder and impaired people. Thanks to the advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and medical technologies, it is now possible to support new home healthcare services to improve their quality of life. In particular, Near Field Communication Technology (NFC) seems to play an important role in elderly homecare. In this paper, a health monitoring system is shown where users can identify themselves by simple touch with an NFC-enabled device and different health information can be wirelessly collected and associated with the identified user. Furthermore, this system enables caregivers or physicians to monitor these health readings and patient actions at home. This system was tested with 17 users that led us to a better understanding of usability and effectiveness of this health system and user needs, and showed their preferences for a certain NFC-enabled device to be used in user identification.