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lifestyle pattern information over a period of time and remote doctor service. The added value
for the informal care-givers relies on the fact of reducing the care stress towards an elder
person and of being able to have the ability to receive information about potentially dangerous
situations for their relative. This gives the feeling of safety for the beloved people and to be
able to use the services without having any extensive knowledge on ICT - for instance a
relative who takes care for the partner can be also a senior citizen. More details for the
characteristics of the end-user groups and the added value for them from using the ICT
services are provided in (Mitseva et al., 2009).
Service type
Service name
Validation status
Cooking monitor
Smoke/ Fire detection alarm
Kitchen/Bathroom flood
detection
Fridge door alarm
Leaving bed during night for
long time
Wake up sensor
Intelligent front door
Validated during the
real-life pilot operation
Home safety
To Do List,
Calendar, Time/Date
Structure of the day and
contact to informal care-
givers in case of emergency
Validated during the
real-life pilot operation
Help/Contact request on the
touch screen
Brain Games
Validated during the
real-life pilot operation
Cognitive stimulation
Memory Lane
Partially validated
during the real-life
pilot operation
Communication with care-
givers
Videophone
Remote Doctor
Demo evaluation
Communication with health
and care professionals
Not validated during
the real-life pilot
operation
Medication Manager
Outdoor positioning
Panic button with outdoor
position
Fall alarm outdoor
Validated during the
real-life pilot operation
Outdoor safety
Partially validated
during the real-life
pilot operation
Professional care-givers
support
Lifestyle Pattern
Table 1. List of ISISEMD services
Similarly, the ISISEMD platform adds value to the social care providers. They can
unobtrusively monitor some activities that take place in homes and outdoors through general
purpose, off-the-shelf devices. They have the ability to save travel time for performing
unnecessary homes visits to the clients and to communicate remotely with the elderly clients
using video-call service, and in this way, there is more time for care for more clients.
