“The Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health was adopted during the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health on 21 October 2011. The declaration expresses global political commitment for the implementation of a social determinants of health approach to reduce health inequities and to achieve other global priorities. It will help to build [...]
There have been numerous experiments and smaller scale pilot projects developing and testing Independent living, telecare and telehealth solutions. A challenge is however still to strengthen measurement of the anticipated improved quality of life for the users and socio-economic benefits for the care systems in a scientifically acceptable way. Solid evidence on common indicators and [...]
The extension of CSCW research towards new domains, such as the home, has brought up many ideas to support ageing in place. However, the social wellbeing as a pivotal pillar of healthiness besides physical and psychical health has not gained much attention yet. This workshop aims to address the area of social wellbeing of the [...]
Assisted Living Systems – Models, Architectures and Engineering Approaches A. I. Karshmer, J. Nehmer, H. Raffler, G. Tröster (Eds.) Dagstuhl Seminar 07462, 14.11. – 17.11.2007 Portal – Seminar 07462.
After three intensive days with presentations and discussions in Nuremberg (German Nürnberg, Bavaria), it is difficult not to think in terms of Ambient Intelligence.The third European Ambient Intelligence conference was held here during 19-22. November 2008. I was fortunate enough to co-organize a workshop on the 19. and attend the following two conference days with [...]
