Personal Assistive Devices for Elderlies

In this chapter, we introduce and describe personal assistive devices for elderlies. These devices aim to allow elderly people to stay more independent at their home and focus on the elderly person as the first user who must experience a benefit from them. At first, we provide a classification of the devices required to support the execution of activities of daily living based on the technical application and domains involved. For each application class, we will then describe the state of the art and systems currently in development as well as their applicability in real life and their limitations. Finally, we will conclude by describing which future developments are required to obtain devices which truly improve user’s quality of life and therefore have potential to be accepted and be successful in the market.

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