Progress in ambient assisted systems for independent living by the elderly

Al-Shaqi, Riyad; Mourshed, Monjur; Rezgui, Yacine

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-2272-8

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Table 2 Application, sensor location and aims of recent AALS projects

From: Progress in ambient assisted systems for independent living by the elderly

Project	Origin	Application			Sensor location		Monitoring aims			References
Project	Origin	Safety	Health and wellbeing	Social interaction	Physically fixed	Wearable	Environmental	Health	Cognitive	References
AlarmNet	Virginia, USA	–	–	–	√	√	√	√	–	(Wood et al. 2008)
Assisted Cognition Environment	Washington, USA	√	√	–	√	√	√	√	√	(Qixin et al. 2006)
AWARE	Georgia, USA	√	√	–	√	√	√	√	√	(Kidd et al. 1999)
BioMOBIUS Research	Dublin, Ireland	√	√	–	√	√	√	√	–	(BioMobus 2011)
CASAS	Washington, USA	√	√	–	√	√	√	√	√	(Rashidi 2011, Cook et al. 2003)
Casattenta	Bologna, Italy	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	(Farella et al. 2010)
CodeBlue–Wireless Sensors for Medical Care	Harvard, USA	√	√	–	√	√	√	√	–	(Wood et al. 2008)
GatorTech Smart House	Florida, USA	√	–	√	√	–	√	–	–	(Helal et al. 2005)
Georgia-Tech Aware Smart Home	Georgia, USA	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	–	(Kientz et al. 2008)
Gerontological Smart Home Environment	Paris, France	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	–	(Gerontological 2011)
I-LivingTM	Illinois, USA	√	√	–	√	–	√	–	–	(Bal et al. 2011)
MavHome	Texas, USA	√	√	–	√	–	√	–	–	(Cook et al. 2003)
MIT House_n	Massachusetts, USA	√	√	–	√	–	√	–	–	(Chan et al. 2008)
ORCATECH	Oregon, USA	√	√	√	√	–	√	√	√	(Nehmer et al. 2006)
SISARL	Hsinchu, Taiwan	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	(Bal et al. 2011)
Smart Medical Home	New York, USA	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	√	(Ricquebourg et al. 2006)
SOPRANO	Patras, Greece	√	√	√	√	–	√	√	√	(Müller et al. 2008)
TAFETA	Ottawa, Canada	√	√	–	√	–	√	√	–	(Tafeta 2011)
WellAWARE	Virginia, USA	√	√	√	√	–	√	√	√	(Bal et al. 2011)
CareWatch	Scotland, UK	√	–	√	–	–	–	–	–	(Rowe et al. 2007)
TeleCARE	Scotland, UK	√	√	√	√	–	√	√	–	(Whitten et al. 1998)
CAALYX	Madrid, Spain	√	√	√	√	–	√	√	–	(Rocha et al. 2013)
Total	20	19	11	21	11	21	17	9

It is evident from Table 2 that all projects (n = 22) primarily aim for proper environmental and subject condition monitoring, before going into achieving any required support function

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