Evaluation of a modular scalable system for silver-ager located in assisted living homes in Austria--study protocol of the ModuLAAr ambient assisted living project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To cope with the upcoming demographic change, economic efforts in the European Union are undertaken to promote activities in research and development of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions. As a result, a large variety of AAL products will be available in the next years. Only very few of these products are comprehensively evaluated regarding different aspects of quality of life in the target population. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of AAL on quality of life, health and technology acceptance of people at advanced age living in assisted living homes providing them the ModuLAAr Ambient Assisted Living system.

Methods/design

A treatment group of adults aged 60 years and older will be recruited within the participating assisted living homes. At b

SUBMITTER: Siegel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4223693 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature