Fostering a Non-Intrusive Elderly-Centered Care through a Personalized Smart Home Environment

A Smart Home Environment that can be personalized according to the needs and specificities of an elderly has started to become more and more usual in the context of the global ageing population. This paper introduces RO-SmartAgeing system, an Internet of Things (IoT) – based system designed for supporting elderly people in their attempt of living longer and safely in their own homes. The necessity of using a Smart Home Environment provided with many types of sensors for gathering vital signs, life style and ambient conditions is discussed. The collected data is used for providing triggered alarms in case of abnormal events and is remotely transferred to the Cloud in order to perform advanced processing and analysis of it. Thus, physicians and caretakers are properly informed about the health evolution of the elderly in their homes and can act to provide proactive care.