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Are you OK? An Android application for assisted living

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Abstract

Assistive Technology is being used to enhance the care of elderly people. This paper introduces describes an Android application developed by the authors as part of the assisted living research projects at Wintec. The application allows a care-giver (carer) to check the wellness of their service user(s) at regular intervals. With user permission, information can be sent and stored on the cloud and Short Message Service (SMS) messages sent to a carer if needed. Basic testing of the application functionality is completed.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Poster)
Additional Information: This poster won the "Best staff poster' award at the conference.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Assistive technology, cloud computing, mobile applications, Android, elderly care, disabled care, alerts.
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Divisions: Schools > Centre for Business, Information Technology and Enterprise > School of Information Technology
Depositing User: Dileep Rajendran
Date Deposited: 25 Oct 2013 02:44
Last Modified: 21 Jul 2023 03:18
URI: http://researcharchive.wintec.ac.nz/id/eprint/2817

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