HomeAssist: An Assisted Living Platform for Aging in Place Based on an Interdisciplinary Approach

HomeAssist: une plateforme d'assistance domiciliaire pour le maintien à domicile basée sur une approche interdisciplinaire

Charles Consel (1, 2) , Lucile Dupuy (2, 3) , Hélène Sauzéon (3, 2)

1 Bordeaux INP - Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux
2 Phoenix - Programming Language Technology For Communication Services
3 UB - Université de Bordeaux

This paper presents HomeAssist: an assisted living platform aims to support aging in place. This platform was designed using a human-centered approach. It offers assistive services, addressing the main aspects of daily life: activities of daily living, home and user safety, and social participation. HomeAssist introduces key novel features: (1) it covers multiple aspects of daily life, addressing a variety of needs of older adults; (2) it provides customiza-tion mechanisms, adapting assistance to the user's abilities while preventing autonomy losses; (3) it relies on context awareness, delivering timely assistance; and, (4) it revolves around a unified user interface to achieve usability. All these features play a key role towards achieving high acceptance of HomeAssist and supporting autonomy effectively, as shown by our field study.

Mots clés: Field study; Aging in place; Pervasive computing; Human Factors

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Informatique ubiquitaire; Psychologie

Charles Consel, Lucile Dupuy, Hélène Sauzéon. HomeAssist: An Assisted Living Platform for Aging in Place Based on an Interdisciplinary Approach. Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices, 16, Springer, pp.165 - 140, 2017, ⟨10.1007/978-3-319-60483-1_14⟩. ⟨hal-01541939⟩