Usability, Accessibility and Ambient Assisted Living

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Queirós, Alexandra (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rocha, Nelson Pacheco da (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Human-Computer Interaction,
• Subjects: User interfaces (Computer systems).; Application software.; Health informatics.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Health Informatics.

Worldwide, the population ageing is a reality. The concept of Active Ageing, adopted by the World Health Organization, aims to guarantee quality ageing and appears as a strategy to solve this demographic challenge. The technological solutions might have a key role in the promotion of human functioni...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Overview of AAL
• Methods
• Results
• Discussion
• Fundamental Components to AAL Usability
• Technology
• Systems
• Assessment
• Future Trends
• AAL and ICF
• AAL as Medical Devices
• Conclusion. .