An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges
The integration of IoT and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) enables discreet real-time health monitoring in home environments, offering significant potential for personalized and preventative care. However, challenges persist in balancing privacy, cost, usability, and system reliability. This paper pro...
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| description | The integration of IoT and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) enables discreet real-time health monitoring in home environments, offering significant potential for personalized and preventative care. However, challenges persist in balancing privacy, cost, usability, and system reliability. This paper provides an overview of recent advancements in sensor and IoT technologies for assisted living, with a focus on elderly individuals living independently. It categorizes sensor types and technologies that enhance healthcare delivery and explores an interdisciplinary framework encompassing sensing, communication, and decision-making systems. Through this analysis, this paper highlights current applications, identifies emerging challenges, and pinpoints critical areas for future research. This paper aims to inform ongoing discourse and advocate for interdisciplinary approaches in system design to address existing trade-offs and optimize performance. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-11fe6063ec6c4e069de5d4bee77085002025-08-20T02:48:07ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-01-0125385310.3390/s25030853An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and ChallengesBaraa Zieni0Matthew A. Ritchie1Anna Maria Mandalari2Francesca Boem3Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UKDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UKDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UKDepartment of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 7JE, UKThe integration of IoT and Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) enables discreet real-time health monitoring in home environments, offering significant potential for personalized and preventative care. However, challenges persist in balancing privacy, cost, usability, and system reliability. This paper provides an overview of recent advancements in sensor and IoT technologies for assisted living, with a focus on elderly individuals living independently. It categorizes sensor types and technologies that enhance healthcare delivery and explores an interdisciplinary framework encompassing sensing, communication, and decision-making systems. Through this analysis, this paper highlights current applications, identifies emerging challenges, and pinpoints critical areas for future research. This paper aims to inform ongoing discourse and advocate for interdisciplinary approaches in system design to address existing trade-offs and optimize performance.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/3/853sensingIoTAALhealthcareprivacydecision-making system |
| spellingShingle | Baraa Zieni Matthew A. Ritchie Anna Maria Mandalari Francesca Boem An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges Sensors sensing IoT AAL healthcare privacy decision-making system |
| title | An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges |
| title_full | An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges |
| title_short | An Interdisciplinary Overview on Ambient Assisted Living Systems for Health Monitoring at Home: Trade-Offs and Challenges |
| title_sort | interdisciplinary overview on ambient assisted living systems for health monitoring at home trade offs and challenges |
| topic | sensing IoT AAL healthcare privacy decision-making system |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/3/853 |
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