title: Internet of things for an age-friendly healthcare.
abstract: In healthcare applications a large cohort of recent implementations utilises IoT-oriented infrastructures (XMPP) as well as smart mobile devices as communication gateways. IoT characteristi Communication/Connectivity, Pervasive Computing and Ambient Intelligence, are all highly related to Active and Healthy Aging environments. This paper presents a new idea, that of IoT enabled devices which are directly connected to the IoT (a glucose meter is used as an example herein), complying with the XMPP messaging protocol and the incorporation of a recently released Controller Application Communication (CAC) framework for distributed, cross-platform communication. A web based exergaming platform and a disease management tool, provide the vehicles for the demonstration of the feasibility and the successful implementation and integration of the aforementioned infrastructure.
authors.affiliation: Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Group, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Evdokimos I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Konstantinidis
authors.affiliation: Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Group, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Giorgos
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bamparopoulos
authors.affiliation: Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Group, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Billis
authors.affiliation: Assistive Technologies and Silver Science Group, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
authors.forename: Panagiotis D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Bamidis
mesh_terms: D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006115:Greece; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet / Q000592:standards*; D012648:Self Care / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D014584:User-Computer Interface