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. 2013 Jul 12;13(7):8950-76.
doi: 10.3390/s130708950.

AmI and deployment considerations in AAL services provision for elderly independent living: the MonAMI project

Jorge L Falcó  1 , Esteban Vaquerizo, Luis Lain, Jose Ignacio Artigas, Alejandro Ibarz
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AmI and deployment considerations in AAL services provision for elderly independent living: the MonAMI project

Jorge L Falcó et al. Sensors (Basel). .

Abstract

The MonAMI project aims to investigate the feasibility of the deployment of open platforms for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services provision based on Ambient Intelligence (AmI) and to test user acceptance and the usability of the services. Services were designed to provide support in the areas of environmental control, security, well-being and leisure. These services were installed and evaluated in a Spanish geriatric residence. The participants included elderly persons with disabilities, nursing home care givers and informal carers. The concept of the open platform proved to be satisfactory for the provision of the services in a context aware framework. Furthermore, the usability of the technology was viewed positively and the overall results indicate that this system has the potential to prolong independent living at home for elderly people with disabilities. Deployment was proven successful and awareness of open-platform AAL service delivery was raised in local communities throughout Europe.

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Architecture. Description of technical implementation based on the OSGi architecture. The picture shows different technologies integrated into the system: PLC, Bluetooth, Zigbee®, Lonworks or Infrared.
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Demonstrator system implementation logistics in time.
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Service communications mapped on technology blocks allowed for inter-team understanding and Quality of Service and responsibility of faults assessment. Tele-monitoring and monitoring service.
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Service communications mapped on technology blocks allowed for inter-team understanding and Quality of Service and responsibility of faults assessment. Information on demand from a relative to monitor a dependant person and check an alert received.
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LSFT installation: The pictures show some of the sensors integrated into the LSFT as well as the Human Machine Interface in the rooms.
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