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DETECTING FALLS AT HOME: USER-CENTERED DESIGN OF A PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGY

2016

Falling is the main cause of domestic accidents and fatal injuries to seniors at home. In this paper, we describe the design process for a new pervasive technology (CIRDO). The aim of this technology is to detect falls (via audio and video sensors) and to alert the elderly's family or caregivers. Two complementary studies were performed. Firstly, the actual risk situations of older adults were analyzed. Secondly, social acceptance was investigated for the different homecare field stakeholders. Our results highlight the tensions among social actors towards the tool and their impacts on technology acceptance by the elderly. Also, we show a significant change in the fall process due to the dev…

Social PsychologyIterative designComputer scienceProcess (engineering)Video sensorsApplied psychology[SHS.PSY]Humanities and Social Sciences/PsychologyComputer securitycomputer.software_genreField (computer science)050906 social workmedicine0501 psychology and cognitive sciences050107 human factorsUser-centered designelderly peoplelcsh:T58.5-58.64lcsh:Information technologypervasive technologyCommunication05 social sciencesHuman-Computer Interactionrisk situationFalling (accident)Pervasive technologydomestic activity0509 other social sciencesmedicine.symptomEngineering design processcomputeracceptance
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