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GERONtechnology


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Is an interdisciplinary academic andprofessional field combining gerontology and

technology Sustainability of an ageing society depends

upon our effectiveness in creatingtechnological environments, including:

assistive technology inclusive design, for innovative and independent

living and social participation of older adults ingood health, comfort and safety.
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gerontechnology concerns matching technologicalenvironments to health, housing, mobility,communication, leisure and work of older people

research outcomes form the basis for designers,builders, engineers, manufacturers, and those inthe health professions (nursing, medicine,gerontology, geriatrics, environmental psychology,

developmental psychology, etc.), to provide anoptimum living environment for the widest rangeof ages.
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Innovative technology can add qualityof life to ageing people and keep them

integrated in their dynamic society

Autonomy and competence areessential for well being in old age

Gerontechnology aims to compressingmorbidity into the last month of life


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Aplicarea va depinde de:

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Gen Nivel de educaie

Acces la tehnologie

Abiliti cognitive

Starea de sntate

Atitudinea fa de tehnologizare

Nivelul financiar


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ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY Home automation

Robotics

Telemedicine


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The Assistive Robotic Walker


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Assistive social robots; (a) Aibo, (b) Pearl, (c) Robocare with screen, (d)

Robocare without screen, (e) Care-o-bot I, (f) Care-o-bot II, (g) Care-o-botIII h Homie i iCat Paro and k Hu able


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Studies on social robots in eldercare feature different robottypes. First, there are robots that are used as assistivedevices which we will refer to as service type robots.

Functionalities are related to the support of independentliving by supporting basic activities (eating, bathing,toileting and getting dressed) and mobility (includingnavigation), providing household maintenance, monitoringof those who need ontinuous attention and maintainingsafety. Examples of these robots are:

- nursebot Pearl7- the Dutch iCat (although not especially developed foreldercare)

- German Care-obot8.


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Secondly, there are pet-like companionship robots. Themain function of these robots is to enhance healthand psychological wellbeing of elderly users by

providing companionship. We will refer to theserobots as companion type robots. Examples are: the Japanese seal-shaped robot Paro10 The Huggable11 (both specifically developed for

experiments in eldercare) Aibo (a robot dog by Sony.

Social functions implemented in companion robots are primarilyaimed at increasing health and psychological well-being. Forexample, studies investigate whether companion robots canincrease positive mood in elderly living in nursery homes.


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An assistive robot has to be able to sense when a human is touching it. Domo hassprings in its arms, hands and neck that can sense force and respond to it.
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AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE

ORIENTED TO ELDERLY

Ambient Intelligence is mostly orientedto indoor use and with a much higher

precision. This also opens up forcompletely new application areas ineducation, entertainment, healthcare,

and other indoor activities, based innew concepts such as computing.


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Alarm systems played a very important role in smart homeapplications.

However, the systems, existing so far, are very often toocomplicated or not reliable enough. Frequently the bottleneck

lies in the triggering of the alarm. If the user has an accident(fall, injury, a fire, unconsciousness), there is normally no timeor possibility to operate a telephone or even an alarm button onhis wrist or around his neck.

Although many useful alarm systems and several researchprojects exist, there is still a large knowledge gap on how

persons react in a dramatic situation, for instance, being inpanic or having a collapse or simply because they are inconfusion or have memory problems (not remembering thatthey wear an alarm button).


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Passive alarms = a remote control based on pollingmethods. For example, vital functions (pulse, bloodpressure etc.) are read out in short time intervalsusing a wrist transmitter with a probe. Theinformation is sent to an evaluation system, whichautomatically sends an alarm signal to theemergency service station, in case of strongdeviations of standard values.

It is important to state that this type of remotemonitoring has also many ethical questions. For thisreason, it can be only acceptable for specific cases inspecial conditions and it should be avoided as ageneral solution.


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Very small computers, which can beembedded in clothing or carried in

some other unobtrusive way, areessential to the development of aflexible smart home infrastructure.


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Carrying, somehow, a small, personalised device that cancommunicate with the network infrastructure (home, office,global) can be very helpful to tailor the environment to userpreferences, and to help the user whenever this is required.

As an example, passive alarm systems (as mentioned before)that fire when some set of biomedical parameters are out ofrange and call a support centre if necessary are just a verysimple example of a wearable computer.

It is clear that this area will greatly develop in the near future assmall more personalised devices substitute current generation

mobile phones, PDAs and remote controllers

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