Reducing the entry threshold of AAL systems: preliminary results from casa vecchia

Authors:
Gerhard Leitner;Anton Josef Fercher;Alexander Felfernig;Martin Hitz
Affiliations:
Institute of Informatics-Systems, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria;Institute of Informatics-Systems, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria;Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria;Institute of Informatics-Systems, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt, Austria
Venue:
ICCHP'12 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Volume Part I
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Ambient assisted living holds promising solutions to tackle the problems of an overaging society by providing various smart home as well as computing and internet technologies that support independent living of elderly people. However, the acceptance of these technologies by the group of elderly constitutes a crucial precondition for the success of AAL. The paper presents early results from the project Casa Vecchia which explores the feasibility of AAL within a longitudinal field study with 20 participating households. Thereby observed barriers hindering the acceptance of technologies applied in the project are discussed as well as possible solutions to reduce the entry threshold to assistive technology.