... monitoring the environment, health and behavior); (3) complex SMART systems; (4) interactive technologies; (5) assistive and rehabilitation devices. Technologies were then linked with needs related to everyday practical tasks (mainly applications supporting autonomous, independent living), social...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Autism User-initiated design Co-design Phenomenology Assistive technology Independent living An estimated 1% of people in the Western world have been diagnosed with autism (Idring et al., 2012). Autism is also called “autism spectrum condition...

... 22 02 2017 26 02 2017 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Assistive device Independent living People with disability Self-transfer Transfer device Wheelchair Nearly 15 percent of the world’s population has...

...Charles Lowe This paper is an argument for a more holistic approach to independent living. Telecare and telehealth, as these services are being delivered in practice, risk increasing the isolation of vulnerable people. Though undesirable in its own right, this isolation often leads to depression...

... 200 residents in the area. Telecare Electronic assistive technology Older people Independent living Social inclusion Marginalised © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Debra O Neill Emergency Response Limited Promoting safety, reassurance and dignity through telecare in Ireland...