Smart homes and home health monitoring technologies for older adults: A systematic review

Highlights • Technology readiness for smart home and health monitoring technologies is low. • High level of evidence for monitoring function, cognitive and mental health. • Minimal evidence technology predicts disability, prevents falls, helps quality of life. • Conflicting evidence home health tech...

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Published in:International journal of medical informatics (Shannon, Ireland) Ireland), 2016-07, Vol.91, p.44-59
Main Authors: Liu, Lili, Stroulia, Eleni, Nikolaidis, Ioanis, Miguel-Cruz, Antonio, Rios Rincon, Adriana
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biomedical Technology - instrumentation
Biomedical Technology - methods
eHealth
Frail elderly
Geriatrics - instrumentation
Geriatrics - methods
Gerontechnology
Home Care Services
Humans
Independent Living
Internal Medicine
Monitoring, Physiologic - instrumentation
Monitoring, Physiologic - methods
Other
Smart homes
Telehealth
Telemedicine - instrumentation
Telemedicine - methods
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Summary:Highlights • Technology readiness for smart home and health monitoring technologies is low. • High level of evidence for monitoring function, cognitive and mental health. • Minimal evidence technology predicts disability, prevents falls, helps quality of life. • Conflicting evidence home health technologies help conditions of COPD.
ISSN:1386-5056
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DOI:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.04.007