User Interfaces for All: Concepts, Methods, and Tools
User Interfaces for All: Concepts, Methods, and Tools
Smart Environments: Technology, Protocols and Applications (Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing)
More than user-friendly I/O devices
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments
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This work introduces a new concept of supporting elderly at their homes. The whole framework is being developed under OLDES project: Older People's e-services at home. OLDES aims at developing a very low cost and easy to use entertainment and health care platform designed to ease the life of older people in their homes. The platform is based on a PC corresponding to Negroponte's paradigm of a € 100 device, giving the guarantee of an affordable system. OLDES provides: user entertainment services, through easy-to-access thematic channels and special interest forums supported by animators; and health care facilities based on established Internet and tele-care communication standards. As an example of OLDES platform implementation, two pilot projects are addressed: 100 clients pilot including 10 people with cardiological problems in Bologna, Italy and diabetes pilot in Prague, Czech Republic.