Proposals and solutions for autonomy of the disabled and elderly.
The aim of this paper is to present DEFIE (Disabled and Elderly people Flexible Integrated Environment) a project of the CEC to develop a multimedia integrated system that allows the elderly and motor and/or sensory impaired to command and control domestic and working environments with a high degree of self-sufficiency and safety. The goal of this study has been to implement a precompetitive prototype of a modular system capable of satisfying the needs of a heterogeneous group of disabled and elderly users.
Bianchi Bandinelli
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CNUCE-CNR, Pisa, Italy.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003199:Computer Systems; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004780:Environment, Controlled; D005060:Europe; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D019212:Multimedia; D014584:User-Computer Interface