Background A valuable opportunity for reducing the fall incidence in hospitals, is alerting nurses when a patient is about to fall. For such a fall prevention system, more knowledge is needed on what occurs right before a fall. This can be achieved with a stereo camera that automatically detects (and …

Background A key factor in successfully preventing falls, is early identification of elderly with a high risk of falling. However, currently there is no easy-to-use pre-screening tool available; current tools are either not discriminative, time-consuming and/or costly. This pilot investigates the feasibility …

BIM, oftewel Bouw Informatie Model, is een term die de laatste jaren steeds vaker gebruikt wordt in de bouwsector. Steeds meer bedrijven passen de mogelijkheden die BIM te bieden heeft toe. Zo is ook Unibouw begonnen met het implementeren van BIM binnen de organisatie. In het jaar 2012 is de eerste stap …

Dit onderzoek is uitgevoerd binnen de gemeente Enschede. Het doel van dit onderzoek is om inzicht te krijgen in de ervaringen van burgers met de hulpverlening in de gemeente Enschede na de transities die in januari 2015 ingevoerd zijn. De hoofdvraag van het onderzoek luidt: “Hoe ervaren de burgers de …

BACKGROUND: ICT based solutions are increasingly introduced for active and healthy ageing. In this context continuous monitoring of older adults with domestic sensor systems has been suggested to provide important information about their functional health. However, there is not yet a solid model for …

Sensor systems can be deployed in the homes of older adults living alone for functional health assessments. Their information is very useful for health care specialists. The problem lies in developing person independent models while facing a large variability in behavior. We address this problem by, …

This paper presents a study of sensor data from a person who developed Alzheimer’s disease during a 4-year monitoring period and who is monitored with simple ambient sensors in her home. Our aim is to find data analysis methods that reveal relevant changes in the sensor pattern that occur before the …

This paper describes the Care4Balance (C4B) system for better facilitating communication and task coordination between formal and informal caregivers, and older adults as care receivers. Field-tests with older adults (n=3) and user studies (n=9) were conducted to evaluate the system and the perceived …

Technology designed to sense behavior, often neglects to directly incorporate subjective input from (elderly) users. This paper presents experiences in deploying technology that considers the elderly user and their subjective input as a way to enrich sensor data systems and empower the user. For this …