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Design dimensions of ambient information systems to facilitate the development of AAL environments

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Marcela D. Rodríguez,

Juan Pablo García-Vázquez,

Ángel G. AndradeAuthors Info & Claims

PETRA '11: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2141622.2141627

Published: 25 May 2011 Publication History

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AAL (Ambient Assisted Living) aims to extend the time elderly can live in their home environment by assisting them in carrying out activities of daily living (ADLs). Designers of AAL must not only consider the needs and problems that elders face when carrying out their ADLs, but that elders are characterized by presenting a natural cognitive decline, their attention levels are diminished and that they may consider that new technologies are complex to use. Considering these characteristics of elders, we propose Ambient Information Systems (AIS) as the appropriate technology to assist elders, since they are aesthetically pleasing applications which provide users with abstract representations of valued information. The aim of this work was to identify the design issues that should be addressed for developing AIS that effectively assist elderly with their ADLs. To reach this end, we designed mobile and embedded AIS that help elderly to manage their medication, since it is one of the critical ADLs for enabling "ageing in place". As a result of designing AIS, we identified a set of design attributes that were validated and extended through inspection evaluations with Computer Science and Health professionals.

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Design dimensions of ambient information systems to facilitate the development of AAL environments
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI design and evaluation methods
  2. Interaction design
    1. Systems and tools for interaction design

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DOI:10.1145/2141622

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