Abstract
One of the biggest drivers behind IT-based homecare solutions is the increasing aging population. We are specifically interested in "service tailoring" for the homecare domain, where healthcare professionals (care-givers) do the tailoring of services to support elderly (care-receivers). Our goal is that, using our approach, care-givers can create or modify services with less IT skills, time and/or effort, and care-receivers get services that are better suited for their specific and personal needs. As a proof of concept, we developed a software prototype of our approach. The prototype was subsequently used in a real-world field test at a care institution in the Netherlands to validate the approach. The validation focused on the usability aspects of the approach in terms of effectiveness, efficiency, learnability and satisfaction. This paper describes the design of the field test and reflects on the outcome of the validation experiments.
Original language | Undefined |
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Title of host publication | 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2013 |
Place of Publication | USA |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 216-223 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4799-0296-5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2013 |
Event | 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2013 - Telecom Italia Future Centre, Venice, Italy Duration: 5 May 2013 → 8 May 2013 Conference number: 7 |
Publication series
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Publisher | IEEE |
Conference
Conference | 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2013 |
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Abbreviated title | PervasiveHealth |
Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Venice |
Period | 5/05/13 → 8/05/13 |
Keywords
- SCS-Services
- Service tailoring
- Elderly at home
- IR-87787
- Healthcare services
- Field test
- METIS-300017
- EWI-23728