Description
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the International Conference on Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2016, held in Rome, Italy, in April 2016. The 8 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 39 submissions. The papers present relevant trends of current research on ageing well and e-health, including: ambient assisted living, mobile assistive technology, lifestyle engineering and life quality, electronic health records, security and privacy in e-Health, smart environments, home care and remote monitoring. Supporting Caregivers in Nursing Homes for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients: A Technological Approach to Overnight Supervision.- Monitoring Activities of Daily Living using Audio Analysis and a RaspberryPI: A Use Case on Bathroom Activity Monitoring.- Assessing Ehealth Readiness within the Libyan National Health Service by Carrying out Research Case Studies of Hospitals and Clinics in Both Urban and Rural Areas of Libya.- Improving Human Motion Identification using Motion Dependent Classification.- An Improved Scheme for Protecting Medical Data in Public Clouds.- A Technological Framework for EHR Interoperability: Experiences from Italy.-Human Daily Activity and Fall Recognition using a Smartphone’s Acceleration Sensor.- A Self-Learning Application Framework for Behavioral Change Support.
