CAALYX: a new generation of location-based services in healthcare.
Recent advances in mobile positioning systems and telecommunications are providing the technology needed for the development of location-aware tele-care applications. This paper introduces CAALYX--Complete Ambient Assisted Living Experiment, an EU-funded project that aims at increasing older people's autonomy and self-confidence by developing a wearable light device capable of measuring specific vital signs of the elderly, detecting falls and location, and communicating automatically in real-time with his/her care provider in case of an emergency, wherever the older person happens to be, at home or outside.
Boulos
Maged N Kamel
MN
Rocha
Artur
A
Martins
Angelo
A
Vicente
Manuel Escriche
ME
Bolz
Armin
A
Feld
Robert
R
Tchoudovski
Igor
I
Braecklein
Martin
M
Nelson
John
J
Laighin
Gearóid O
GO
Sdogati
Claudio
C
Cesaroni
Francesca
F
Antomarini
Marco
M
Jobes
Angela
A
Kinirons
Mark
M
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