Studies to determine user requirements regarding in-home monitoring systems

Authors:
Melanie Larizza;Ingrid Zukerman;Fabian Bohnert;R. Andrew Russell;Lucy Busija;David W. Albrecht;Gwyn Rees
Affiliations:
Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia;Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia;Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia;Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia;Melbourne EpiCenter and Melbourne Brain Center, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia;Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia;Centre for Eye Research Australia, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Venue:
UMAP'12 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The ageing of the world population is leading to an increased number of elderly people remaining in their homes, requiring different levels of care. MIA is a user-centric project aimed at monitoring elderly people in order to help them remain safely in their homes, where the design of the system is informed by the requirements of the stakeholders. In this paper, we present the results of two user studies that ascertain the views of elderly people and their informal carers regarding the acceptability and benefits of in-home monitoring technologies: (1) concept mapping coupled with brainstorming sessions, and (2) questionnaires. We then discuss how these requirements affect the design of our monitoring system.