<![CDATA[Comfort Automation/ Security System Forums - Assistive Living]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/ Tue, 28 Jul 2026 05:27:00 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Technology needed to tackle growing aged care gap]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3502.html Mon, 02 Sep 2013 08:24:16 -0400 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-3502.html        More research is needed to develop technology to help elderly people live independently as the country faces a significant shortfall in unpaid care, according to the London School of Economics and Political Science research.
The proportion of older people in the population is rising while traditional caregivers – mid-life women – will be placed under increasing pressure to juggle work and care for their parents. The situation could leave up to 160,000 older people in England vulnerable in the next two decades, says the research.

See article at
http://www.building4change.com/page.jsp?id=1959
]]>        More research is needed to develop technology to help elderly people live independently as the country faces a significant shortfall in unpaid care, according to the London School of Economics and Political Science research.
The proportion of older people in the population is rising while traditional caregivers – mid-life women – will be placed under increasing pressure to juggle work and care for their parents. The situation could leave up to 160,000 older people in England vulnerable in the next two decades, says the research.

See article at
http://www.building4change.com/page.jsp?id=1959
]]> <![CDATA[Comfort for Assistive Living ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-2711.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:56:25 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-2711.html
Comfort is an ideal solution for assistive living needs as it is a highly configurable and programmable system.  Some possibilities are;
  • Use of motion and other sensors to run Responses to take ceSonertain actions like make announcements, or pla recorded messages
  • Time Programs run preprogrammed responses at any time of day or combination of days of week. This can play recorded messages or make announcements, turn on lights and appliances etc
  • Wireless pendants can trigger a dial out to carers - up to 8 numbers can be called including mobile phones, Central Monitoring stations and SMS
  • The Comfort door station can be programmed to turn on the porch light or exterior light as well as play messages or dial to a programmed phone
  • Comfort can be programmed to perform a wide variety of actions based on events and sophisticated conditional logic. Uo to 1023 Responses or programs can be configured
  • Comfort can be used with biometric and access control systems to run responses
  • Reminder messages can be recorded and played back when triggered by any event
  • Keypads can act as intercoms so that a carer can talk to the person at home through a mobile phone
  • Keypads can be used to call a carer on the programmed phone
  • The free iPhone app can be used to control lighing, heating and home appliances
  • Comfort as a Voice menu that can be customised with different word lists in many languages
See this TV show on the BBC called \"the House that Thinks\"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7377937.stm

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Comfort is an ideal solution for assistive living needs as it is a highly configurable and programmable system.  Some possibilities are;
  • Use of motion and other sensors to run Responses to take ceSonertain actions like make announcements, or pla recorded messages
  • Time Programs run preprogrammed responses at any time of day or combination of days of week. This can play recorded messages or make announcements, turn on lights and appliances etc
  • Wireless pendants can trigger a dial out to carers - up to 8 numbers can be called including mobile phones, Central Monitoring stations and SMS
  • The Comfort door station can be programmed to turn on the porch light or exterior light as well as play messages or dial to a programmed phone
  • Comfort can be programmed to perform a wide variety of actions based on events and sophisticated conditional logic. Uo to 1023 Responses or programs can be configured
  • Comfort can be used with biometric and access control systems to run responses
  • Reminder messages can be recorded and played back when triggered by any event
  • Keypads can act as intercoms so that a carer can talk to the person at home through a mobile phone
  • Keypads can be used to call a carer on the programmed phone
  • The free iPhone app can be used to control lighing, heating and home appliances
  • Comfort as a Voice menu that can be customised with different word lists in many languages
See this TV show on the BBC called \"the House that Thinks\"
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7377937.stm

]]> <![CDATA[US research pinpoints opportunities to create 'connected' homes, as UK government funds deal to help]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-2710.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:31:43 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-2710.html
Quote:The US research coincides with the UK government\'s launch of a new deal for older people, which provides funding for home adaptations so they can live in their own homes for longer, and backs schemes that help them to live independently.

The government has allocated an additional £20 million for disabled facilities grants in the UK to help councils fund adaptations to peoples\' homes. It is also extending support for home improvement agencies which provide services including energy efficiency advice, and arranging for alterations such as ground floor extensions.

Housing minister Grant Shapps said: \"With nearly a fifth of our population expected to be over 65 by 2020, radical and urgent change is needed to ensure the nation\'s housing needs are met. So I would urge all councils to look at the range of opportunities under our new deal for older people.\"
Part of article by building4change.com
http://www.building4change.com/page.jsp?id=1127]]>
Quote:The US research coincides with the UK government\'s launch of a new deal for older people, which provides funding for home adaptations so they can live in their own homes for longer, and backs schemes that help them to live independently.

The government has allocated an additional £20 million for disabled facilities grants in the UK to help councils fund adaptations to peoples\' homes. It is also extending support for home improvement agencies which provide services including energy efficiency advice, and arranging for alterations such as ground floor extensions.

Housing minister Grant Shapps said: \"With nearly a fifth of our population expected to be over 65 by 2020, radical and urgent change is needed to ensure the nation\'s housing needs are met. So I would urge all councils to look at the range of opportunities under our new deal for older people.\"
Part of article by building4change.com
http://www.building4change.com/page.jsp?id=1127]]> <![CDATA[Getting wise to the smart home]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-2644.html Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:16:39 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-2644.html http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=22842

Many studies have demonstrated the economic and health benefits of telehealth in aged care, yet the take-up remains patchy. Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan report on the reasons why, and what’s needed to change it.
At this stage they are like old friends. We are all intimately familiar with the gadgets and gismos promising us independence in our old age; a dazzling array of sensors, monitors, alerts and alarms.
And yet despite the promise, and the body of research that confirms their usefulness and cost effectiveness, these assistive technologies remain largely underutilised in the aged care system.
Those working in the field say it is now possible to build a home that virtually supports older people to live independently, but, as with any innovation, it is not yet cost effective for the majority.
“I would think in the next five to 10 years that capability will be an accepted part of the installation in any elder person’s home who wishes to remain at home safely,” says Deborah McKern, business development director with Seasons Aged Care.
Seasons has five high-tech retirement villages in Queensland, a sixth under construction and another four in planning.
The target market is frail elderly people who can no longer live safely in their existing residence but still want “a home”. The purpose built villages are constructed with cabling that support any level of monitoring currently available. “They move into our apartments ... and they remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible,” says McKern.
Unit monitoring can include sensors to detect water, falls and movement. Kitchen elements can be disengaged to ensure safety but allow residents to continue to feel like they are at home. Electronically wired front doors can send a message to care workers when opened, while invisible perimeter alarms, applied at an individual level, can notify staff when wandering residents have crossed a prescribed boundary.
The next stage is to give smaller providers and the wider community access to the high-tech services; a field Silver Chain in Western Australia is already working in, McKern notes (see panel).
Seasons, through its care business, Envigor, is putting together packaged IT support services that will extend people’s capacity to stay in their own home, she says.
McKern describes a 24-hour monitoring hub, that could be anywhere in Australia, that would respond to alerts, then engage a local team to provide on-the-ground support where required. It would be a cost effective approach for families and operate much like a back-to-base alarm system. “It doesn’t rely on the person initiating the call but the actual technology initiating the call.”
The next generation of smart homes will be programmed to respond to activity such as time and weather, McKern says. They will cause lights to go on and off, blinds to go up and down, temperature to adjust appropriately, meals to be heated and “pop open” when they’re ready to eat. “We will see this becoming available in the next decade as people continue to age.”
Medication management services that prompt people to take their pills and telehealth initiatives for monitoring, diagnosing and reviewing in remote areas are other examples of technology already in use.
McKern doesn’t see anything specific stopping the ideal smart homes from becoming a reality. She says she’s confident because the research, documentation and most importantly, the demand of an ageing population is there. “Because the focus is on people maintaining their independence for as long as possible, we’re already seeing that starting to be taken up.”
According to an Australian expert in this area, Associate Professor Jeffrey Soar, the challenge for telehealth is translating the research into practice; moving from pilot phase to large-scale implementation.
Numerous research projects here and overseas have clearly demonstrated the benefits of telehealth to seniors, and yet there hasn’t been large scale roll out of the technologies, says Soar, who is convenor of the Queensland Smart Home initiative and associate professor in information systems at the University of Southern Queensland.
When INsite last profiled Soar (Oct/Nov 2007) we remarked there was a sense of deja vu about the Queensland Smart Home.
“The unit was equipped with state of the art technology for independent living and home care. It had the type of assistive technologies that are designed for safety and security, like flood detectors and gas monitors. There were also bed and chair sensors to monitor vital signs.
“That feeling of deja vu was because, quite simply, this was nothing new,” that article said.
What was new about the Smart Home, however, was that its second phase was about to start investigating the barriers that prevent older people from using the technologies. “To put it simply there isn’t much point developing assistive technologies if the intended user won’t use them,” the article said.
Four years on and Soar is still focused on assistive technologies and their role in supporting a growing ageing population. He has just returned from China, where he, and a handful of international researchers, are advising the Chinese government on how it can use telehealth to support its elderly.
He says that, based on conversations with international colleagues, the feeling overseas is that assistive technology now needs to move beyond the pilot phase. He says that sentiment prevails here too.
“I mean these pilots have been evaluated in a rigorous way in Australia, the US and Europe, and have shown there are savings from using this technology. We know there’s a 20 per cent reduction in hospitalisation, a similar reduction in the length of stay in hospital, and a reduction in the need for nursing home care, in the range of 60 to 80 per cent.”
The question then becomes, why isn’t the technology being rolled out large scale?
The frustration among providers, particularly those who have gone it alone and pioneered their own pilots using the technology, has been previously reported in INsite.
In the Aug/Sept issue, Feros Care, a not-for-profit provider of community, residential and respite care, reported on its pilot telecare and telehealthcare projects.
Its telecare project involved installation of multi sensors in 30 client homes, including movement sensors, fall detectors, door sensors, medication reminders, smoke and other environmental sensors, and emergency pendants, which had since extended to more than 180 client homes.
The telehealth trial customised home monitoring technologies, including blood pressure, pulse and oxygen saturation monitors, weight scales and glucometers in the homes of 15 clients with chronic health conditions.
In the article Feros Care CEO Jennene Buckley said she was keen to build up interest and momentum for assistive technology in the aged care sector. \"I\'m on a political path now because I\'ve got a good story, it\'s happening on the ground, and its benefits need to be shared, and rolled out within our sector,\" she said at the time.
In another INsite report (June/July 2010), Megan Stoyles reported it was “internet capacity, not patient reluctance” that was the main barrier to assistive technology in home care for the aged.
“The roll out of the national broadband network can’t come fast enough for organisations providing in-home monitoring and care to older people. It holds the key to keeping them safe and maybe avoid nursing home care or hospital treatment,” Stoyles wrote.
As well as citing Feros Care, that article mentioned Hunter Nursing, which was also trialling home monitoring services. Both organisations said the major challenge of the otherwise “absolutely fantastic” technologies was unreliable connectivity at current internet service levels.
Asked if the broadband network would therefore facilitate the large scale roll out of telehealth and assistive technologies, Soar said it would be a “huge help”.
“There are some programs and safety devices that can operate on phone systems. But with telehealth, particularly where video is needed – for a clinician to see a skin lesion, or for face to face consults – broadband is required.”
However, Soar is most excited by the international collaborations, primarily the work he is doing with his new Chinese partners. He said the project would have a global impact, assisting all countries with an ageing population, such as Australia.
“The results will impact not only China but across all countries that face challenges of an ageing society. The journal papers from this project will be of interest to policy makers internationally.”
He said the National Population and Family Planning Commission of China has been given broad responsibility for whole of life care and health. It has a keen focus on ageing and is interested in delivering care to people in their homes; as well as broader issues of community and housing design and building.
Soar is leading four projects for the Chinese, one is establishing demonstration smart homes in Hangzhou and Changzhou, modelled on his Queensland version. Another is a worldwide review of the research and a scan of the systems. He is also building the new model of care and business for deployment in China; and establishing initial examples in the two cities to refine the models before large-scale deployment, then delivering them to Shanghai and Beijing.
Given the current state of play with telehealth in Australia, it’s not surprising that Soar is encouraged by the Chinese collaboration. As he points out, it has the world’s largest group of older people and is facing a rapidly ageing population, exacerbated by the one-child policy. Who better than the Chinese to develop the business model for large scale use of these technologies?
“I think the fact the National Population and Family Planning Commission is taking ageing as a key issue is very exciting,” Soar said.
Elsewhere, as INsite went to press, Veterans Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon announced the Australian government would launch an $8 million trial of the use of technology to monitor the health of critically ill veterans at home.
Snowdon said the trial would involve about 300 veterans in areas with a significant veteran population and where the broadband network was now available, including Toowoomba in Queensland, Coffs Harbour and Armidale in NSW, Mandurah and Geraldton in WA and Kingston Beach in Tasmania.

]]> http://www.agedcareinsite.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Technology&idArticle=22842

Many studies have demonstrated the economic and health benefits of telehealth in aged care, yet the take-up remains patchy. Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan report on the reasons why, and what’s needed to change it.
At this stage they are like old friends. We are all intimately familiar with the gadgets and gismos promising us independence in our old age; a dazzling array of sensors, monitors, alerts and alarms.
And yet despite the promise, and the body of research that confirms their usefulness and cost effectiveness, these assistive technologies remain largely underutilised in the aged care system.
Those working in the field say it is now possible to build a home that virtually supports older people to live independently, but, as with any innovation, it is not yet cost effective for the majority.
“I would think in the next five to 10 years that capability will be an accepted part of the installation in any elder person’s home who wishes to remain at home safely,” says Deborah McKern, business development director with Seasons Aged Care.
Seasons has five high-tech retirement villages in Queensland, a sixth under construction and another four in planning.
The target market is frail elderly people who can no longer live safely in their existing residence but still want “a home”. The purpose built villages are constructed with cabling that support any level of monitoring currently available. “They move into our apartments ... and they remain as independent as possible, for as long as possible,” says McKern.
Unit monitoring can include sensors to detect water, falls and movement. Kitchen elements can be disengaged to ensure safety but allow residents to continue to feel like they are at home. Electronically wired front doors can send a message to care workers when opened, while invisible perimeter alarms, applied at an individual level, can notify staff when wandering residents have crossed a prescribed boundary.
The next stage is to give smaller providers and the wider community access to the high-tech services; a field Silver Chain in Western Australia is already working in, McKern notes (see panel).
Seasons, through its care business, Envigor, is putting together packaged IT support services that will extend people’s capacity to stay in their own home, she says.
McKern describes a 24-hour monitoring hub, that could be anywhere in Australia, that would respond to alerts, then engage a local team to provide on-the-ground support where required. It would be a cost effective approach for families and operate much like a back-to-base alarm system. “It doesn’t rely on the person initiating the call but the actual technology initiating the call.”
The next generation of smart homes will be programmed to respond to activity such as time and weather, McKern says. They will cause lights to go on and off, blinds to go up and down, temperature to adjust appropriately, meals to be heated and “pop open” when they’re ready to eat. “We will see this becoming available in the next decade as people continue to age.”
Medication management services that prompt people to take their pills and telehealth initiatives for monitoring, diagnosing and reviewing in remote areas are other examples of technology already in use.
McKern doesn’t see anything specific stopping the ideal smart homes from becoming a reality. She says she’s confident because the research, documentation and most importantly, the demand of an ageing population is there. “Because the focus is on people maintaining their independence for as long as possible, we’re already seeing that starting to be taken up.”
According to an Australian expert in this area, Associate Professor Jeffrey Soar, the challenge for telehealth is translating the research into practice; moving from pilot phase to large-scale implementation.
Numerous research projects here and overseas have clearly demonstrated the benefits of telehealth to seniors, and yet there hasn’t been large scale roll out of the technologies, says Soar, who is convenor of the Queensland Smart Home initiative and associate professor in information systems at the University of Southern Queensland.
When INsite last profiled Soar (Oct/Nov 2007) we remarked there was a sense of deja vu about the Queensland Smart Home.
“The unit was equipped with state of the art technology for independent living and home care. It had the type of assistive technologies that are designed for safety and security, like flood detectors and gas monitors. There were also bed and chair sensors to monitor vital signs.
“That feeling of deja vu was because, quite simply, this was nothing new,” that article said.
What was new about the Smart Home, however, was that its second phase was about to start investigating the barriers that prevent older people from using the technologies. “To put it simply there isn’t much point developing assistive technologies if the intended user won’t use them,” the article said.
Four years on and Soar is still focused on assistive technologies and their role in supporting a growing ageing population. He has just returned from China, where he, and a handful of international researchers, are advising the Chinese government on how it can use telehealth to support its elderly.
He says that, based on conversations with international colleagues, the feeling overseas is that assistive technology now needs to move beyond the pilot phase. He says that sentiment prevails here too.
“I mean these pilots have been evaluated in a rigorous way in Australia, the US and Europe, and have shown there are savings from using this technology. We know there’s a 20 per cent reduction in hospitalisation, a similar reduction in the length of stay in hospital, and a reduction in the need for nursing home care, in the range of 60 to 80 per cent.”
The question then becomes, why isn’t the technology being rolled out large scale?
The frustration among providers, particularly those who have gone it alone and pioneered their own pilots using the technology, has been previously reported in INsite.
In the Aug/Sept issue, Feros Care, a not-for-profit provider of community, residential and respite care, reported on its pilot telecare and telehealthcare projects.
Its telecare project involved installation of multi sensors in 30 client homes, including movement sensors, fall detectors, door sensors, medication reminders, smoke and other environmental sensors, and emergency pendants, which had since extended to more than 180 client homes.
The telehealth trial customised home monitoring technologies, including blood pressure, pulse and oxygen saturation monitors, weight scales and glucometers in the homes of 15 clients with chronic health conditions.
In the article Feros Care CEO Jennene Buckley said she was keen to build up interest and momentum for assistive technology in the aged care sector. \"I\'m on a political path now because I\'ve got a good story, it\'s happening on the ground, and its benefits need to be shared, and rolled out within our sector,\" she said at the time.
In another INsite report (June/July 2010), Megan Stoyles reported it was “internet capacity, not patient reluctance” that was the main barrier to assistive technology in home care for the aged.
“The roll out of the national broadband network can’t come fast enough for organisations providing in-home monitoring and care to older people. It holds the key to keeping them safe and maybe avoid nursing home care or hospital treatment,” Stoyles wrote.
As well as citing Feros Care, that article mentioned Hunter Nursing, which was also trialling home monitoring services. Both organisations said the major challenge of the otherwise “absolutely fantastic” technologies was unreliable connectivity at current internet service levels.
Asked if the broadband network would therefore facilitate the large scale roll out of telehealth and assistive technologies, Soar said it would be a “huge help”.
“There are some programs and safety devices that can operate on phone systems. But with telehealth, particularly where video is needed – for a clinician to see a skin lesion, or for face to face consults – broadband is required.”
However, Soar is most excited by the international collaborations, primarily the work he is doing with his new Chinese partners. He said the project would have a global impact, assisting all countries with an ageing population, such as Australia.
“The results will impact not only China but across all countries that face challenges of an ageing society. The journal papers from this project will be of interest to policy makers internationally.”
He said the National Population and Family Planning Commission of China has been given broad responsibility for whole of life care and health. It has a keen focus on ageing and is interested in delivering care to people in their homes; as well as broader issues of community and housing design and building.
Soar is leading four projects for the Chinese, one is establishing demonstration smart homes in Hangzhou and Changzhou, modelled on his Queensland version. Another is a worldwide review of the research and a scan of the systems. He is also building the new model of care and business for deployment in China; and establishing initial examples in the two cities to refine the models before large-scale deployment, then delivering them to Shanghai and Beijing.
Given the current state of play with telehealth in Australia, it’s not surprising that Soar is encouraged by the Chinese collaboration. As he points out, it has the world’s largest group of older people and is facing a rapidly ageing population, exacerbated by the one-child policy. Who better than the Chinese to develop the business model for large scale use of these technologies?
“I think the fact the National Population and Family Planning Commission is taking ageing as a key issue is very exciting,” Soar said.
Elsewhere, as INsite went to press, Veterans Affairs Minister Warren Snowdon announced the Australian government would launch an $8 million trial of the use of technology to monitor the health of critically ill veterans at home.
Snowdon said the trial would involve about 300 veterans in areas with a significant veteran population and where the broadband network was now available, including Toowoomba in Queensland, Coffs Harbour and Armidale in NSW, Mandurah and Geraldton in WA and Kingston Beach in Tasmania.

]]> <![CDATA[UK Govt Report on Housing our Aging Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI)]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1762.html Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:03:07 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1762.html http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/pub...ummary.pdf
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]]> <![CDATA[European Smart Homes and Assisted Living]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1688.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:21:11 -0500 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1688.html
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European Smart Homes and Assisted Living
http://www.reportlinker.com/p0165745/European-Smart-Homes-and-Assisted-Living.html

REPORT DESCRIPTION

The best in safety, security and comfort that was originally intended for the
technologically inclined is now reaching the general public through smart home.
Smart home not only makes daily routine convenient and time saving but also
provides energy efficiency. Older and disabled are heavily reliant on home care;
smart home are promising to improve their living standards. The benefits of
smart home can be endless. Starting from gate access through garden irrigation
could be done in ease. Smart home have already started attracting the
stakeholders in the market including architects, developers and device
manufacturers. The possibility of reduction in prices of smart home and expected
adoption to technology is the key to markets growth in the future. With the
stakeholders becoming active in the market for developing new and improved
standards in smart home, this market is expected to grow at a decent pace for
many years to come.

Existing studies and third party market reports do not provide a comprehensive
understanding of the smart home market and there is a lack of focus on its
various market segments. In this report, we provide size and estimates of Smart
home market and its various sub segments which have not yet been done. A
geographic split of each of the submarket is also provided in our report which
is not present in any of the other third?]party reports.

MARKETS COVERED
Smart home can mainly be divided into products for home control and monitoring
and networked or IP-based consumer electronics. We have covered in our report in
depth both these categories. We have also included the sub segments of home
control and monitoring such as smart home control services and technologies,
networked security, door handles, internet-enabled white goods and other
segments as well in great detail. The major types of network and IP-based
consumer electronics such as digital home audio devices, DVD players,
televisions and others have also been covered in our report. The important
standards of smart home like Insteon, X10, CEBus and Lon Works are also
explained in detail in our report. We have done an in-depth geographic analysis
for each of the markets and their sub-segments, covering the major regional
markets, viz. U.S., Europe, Asia and Rest of the World.

Each section will provide market drivers, trends and opportunities, top-selling
products, key players, and competitive outlook. This report will also provide
more than 50 market tables for various geographic regions covering the
sub-segments and micro-markets. In addition, the report also provides 40 company
profiles for each of its sub-segments.


STAKEHOLDERS
The intended audience of this report includes:

Housing developers
Architects
Smart home device manufacturers
Dealers
Designers
Installers
Home owners


Table Of Contents
Executive Summary
European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
Special Consumer Needs
Enabling Technologies
Smart Home Networking Technologies
Competitive Landscape
Geographical Analysis


1. Introduction

1.1. Key Take Aways
1.2. Report Description
1.3. Markets Covered
1.4. Stakeholders
1.5. Methodology

2. Summary

3. Market Overview
3.1. Newly-Built Vs Retrofit Smart Homes
3.2. Ict - Issues For Elderly And Disabled
3.2.1. Inclusion Of The Elderly In Ict
3.2.2. Assisted Living For The Disabled
3.3. Home Telecare: Next Step In Assisted Living
3.4. Retrofit Smart Home - An Untapped Market Opportunity
3.5. Factors Influencing Purchase Decisions
3.6. Small And Medium Enterprises To Contribute Significantly To Growth
3.7. Awareness As A Common Issue In Eu
3.8. Analysis Of Market Forces
3.8.1. Ict-Enabled Independent Living
3.8.2. Slow Adoption Of Smart Homes Concept
3.8.3. Telecare To Improve Assisted Living
3.8.4. Interface Innovations Are Key To Market Success
3.8.5. Market Definition
3.8.6. Drivers
3.8.6.1. Increasing Elderly Population In Europe
3.8.6.2. Social Inclusion And Economic Benefits
3.8.6.3. Government Incentives
3.8.6.4. Simplicity And Reliability
3.8.7. Restraints
3.8.7.1. Lack Of User Awareness
3.8.7.2. Low Push By Installers
3.8.8. Opportunity
3.8.8.1. Integration Of Healthcare Services In Smart Homes
3.8.8.2. Identification Of Specific Customer Needs And Customized Solution

4. Special Consumer Needs And The Products
4.1. Security And Entertainment Controls Lead The Smart Homes Market
4.2. Smart Homes For Visually Impaired
4.3. Smart Homes For Hearing Impaired

5. Enabling Technologies
5.1. Controllers
5.2. User Interface Devices
5.3. Sensors And Actuators

6. Smart Home Networking Technologies
6.1. Zigbee
6.2.Z-Wave
6.3. Knx
6.4. Insteon
6.5.X10

7. Competitive Landscape

8. Geographic Analysis

8.1. The Benelux Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
8.2. The Scandinavian Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
8.3. The South European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market

9. Company Profiles
9.1. Amx
9.2. Armour Home Electronics
9.3. Cisco Systems Inc.
9.4. Computime
9.5. Control4
9.6. Crestron Europe
9.7. Cytech Europe Ltd.
9.8. Domia Ltd
9.9. Futronix
9.10. Gewa Ab
9.11. Home Automation Europe
9.12. Honeywell
9.13. Intamac
9.14. Intermatic Inc
9.15. Landis+Gyr
9.16. Legrand
9.17. Leviton97
9.18. Lutron Electronics Inc.
9.19. Netgear Inc.
9.20. Pacific Controls Llc
9.21. Philips
9.22. Schneider Electric
9.23. Seluxit Aps
9.24. Siemens Schweiz AG
9.25. Smarthome Controls Ltd
9.26. Smartlabs, Inc.
9.27. Teletask
9.28. Visonic
9.29. Vity Technology
9.30. Wayne Dalton
9.31. Zensys


10. Patent Analysis

Appendix
Eu Patents

List Of Tables


Table 1 European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product 2007-2014
(euro Thousands)
Table 2 Zigbee Home Automation Features And Benefits
Table 3 New Technology Developments, Product Launches, Agreements And
Collaborations In The European Smart Home And Assisted Livings Market (2007 -
2009)

Table 4 European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Geography 2007-2014
(euro Thousands)

Table 5 Benelux Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product 2007-2014
(euro Thousands)

Table 6 Scandinavian Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product
2007-2014 (euro Thousands)

Table 7 Southern European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product
2007-2014 (euro Thousands)

List Of Figures

Figure 1 Parental Structure Of The Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
Figure 2 Evolution Of The Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
Figure 3 Implementation Status Of Newly Built And Retrofit Homes
Figure 4 Region-Wise Distribution Of The Aged In 2035
Figure 5 Increasing Proportion Of Disabled To Overall Population
Figure 6 Integration Of Telecare And Smart Homes
Figure 7 Smart Homes Market Prospects In The Eu
Figure 8 Factors Affecting Smart Home Adoption
Figure 9 Consumer Awareness To Determine The Success Of Retrofit Smart Homes
Market
Figure 10 Analysis Of Factors Influencing The European Smart Homes And Assisted
Living Market
Figure 11 Product Line For Smart Home - Application Perspective
Figure 12 Consumer Needs For Visually Impaired
Figure 13 General Lighting Controls For Hearing Impaired
Figure 14 Appliance Features Necessary For Hearing Impaired
Figure 15 Application Areas Of Smart Home Networking Devices
Figure 16 Smart Home Applications Of Zigbee
Figure 17 Market Dynamics For Z-Wave Technology
Figure 18 Driving Factors For Knx Technology
Figure 19 Competitive Scenario Of European Smart Home And Assisted Living Market
(2007-2009)
Figure 20 Segmentation Of Patents On The Basis Of Enabling Technologies
(2004-2009)


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European Smart Homes and Assisted Living
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REPORT DESCRIPTION

The best in safety, security and comfort that was originally intended for the
technologically inclined is now reaching the general public through smart home.
Smart home not only makes daily routine convenient and time saving but also
provides energy efficiency. Older and disabled are heavily reliant on home care;
smart home are promising to improve their living standards. The benefits of
smart home can be endless. Starting from gate access through garden irrigation
could be done in ease. Smart home have already started attracting the
stakeholders in the market including architects, developers and device
manufacturers. The possibility of reduction in prices of smart home and expected
adoption to technology is the key to markets growth in the future. With the
stakeholders becoming active in the market for developing new and improved
standards in smart home, this market is expected to grow at a decent pace for
many years to come.

Existing studies and third party market reports do not provide a comprehensive
understanding of the smart home market and there is a lack of focus on its
various market segments. In this report, we provide size and estimates of Smart
home market and its various sub segments which have not yet been done. A
geographic split of each of the submarket is also provided in our report which
is not present in any of the other third?]party reports.

MARKETS COVERED
Smart home can mainly be divided into products for home control and monitoring
and networked or IP-based consumer electronics. We have covered in our report in
depth both these categories. We have also included the sub segments of home
control and monitoring such as smart home control services and technologies,
networked security, door handles, internet-enabled white goods and other
segments as well in great detail. The major types of network and IP-based
consumer electronics such as digital home audio devices, DVD players,
televisions and others have also been covered in our report. The important
standards of smart home like Insteon, X10, CEBus and Lon Works are also
explained in detail in our report. We have done an in-depth geographic analysis
for each of the markets and their sub-segments, covering the major regional
markets, viz. U.S., Europe, Asia and Rest of the World.

Each section will provide market drivers, trends and opportunities, top-selling
products, key players, and competitive outlook. This report will also provide
more than 50 market tables for various geographic regions covering the
sub-segments and micro-markets. In addition, the report also provides 40 company
profiles for each of its sub-segments.


STAKEHOLDERS
The intended audience of this report includes:

Housing developers
Architects
Smart home device manufacturers
Dealers
Designers
Installers
Home owners


Table Of Contents
Executive Summary
European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
Special Consumer Needs
Enabling Technologies
Smart Home Networking Technologies
Competitive Landscape
Geographical Analysis


1. Introduction

1.1. Key Take Aways
1.2. Report Description
1.3. Markets Covered
1.4. Stakeholders
1.5. Methodology

2. Summary

3. Market Overview
3.1. Newly-Built Vs Retrofit Smart Homes
3.2. Ict - Issues For Elderly And Disabled
3.2.1. Inclusion Of The Elderly In Ict
3.2.2. Assisted Living For The Disabled
3.3. Home Telecare: Next Step In Assisted Living
3.4. Retrofit Smart Home - An Untapped Market Opportunity
3.5. Factors Influencing Purchase Decisions
3.6. Small And Medium Enterprises To Contribute Significantly To Growth
3.7. Awareness As A Common Issue In Eu
3.8. Analysis Of Market Forces
3.8.1. Ict-Enabled Independent Living
3.8.2. Slow Adoption Of Smart Homes Concept
3.8.3. Telecare To Improve Assisted Living
3.8.4. Interface Innovations Are Key To Market Success
3.8.5. Market Definition
3.8.6. Drivers
3.8.6.1. Increasing Elderly Population In Europe
3.8.6.2. Social Inclusion And Economic Benefits
3.8.6.3. Government Incentives
3.8.6.4. Simplicity And Reliability
3.8.7. Restraints
3.8.7.1. Lack Of User Awareness
3.8.7.2. Low Push By Installers
3.8.8. Opportunity
3.8.8.1. Integration Of Healthcare Services In Smart Homes
3.8.8.2. Identification Of Specific Customer Needs And Customized Solution

4. Special Consumer Needs And The Products
4.1. Security And Entertainment Controls Lead The Smart Homes Market
4.2. Smart Homes For Visually Impaired
4.3. Smart Homes For Hearing Impaired

5. Enabling Technologies
5.1. Controllers
5.2. User Interface Devices
5.3. Sensors And Actuators

6. Smart Home Networking Technologies
6.1. Zigbee
6.2.Z-Wave
6.3. Knx
6.4. Insteon
6.5.X10

7. Competitive Landscape

8. Geographic Analysis

8.1. The Benelux Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
8.2. The Scandinavian Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
8.3. The South European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market

9. Company Profiles
9.1. Amx
9.2. Armour Home Electronics
9.3. Cisco Systems Inc.
9.4. Computime
9.5. Control4
9.6. Crestron Europe
9.7. Cytech Europe Ltd.
9.8. Domia Ltd
9.9. Futronix
9.10. Gewa Ab
9.11. Home Automation Europe
9.12. Honeywell
9.13. Intamac
9.14. Intermatic Inc
9.15. Landis+Gyr
9.16. Legrand
9.17. Leviton97
9.18. Lutron Electronics Inc.
9.19. Netgear Inc.
9.20. Pacific Controls Llc
9.21. Philips
9.22. Schneider Electric
9.23. Seluxit Aps
9.24. Siemens Schweiz AG
9.25. Smarthome Controls Ltd
9.26. Smartlabs, Inc.
9.27. Teletask
9.28. Visonic
9.29. Vity Technology
9.30. Wayne Dalton
9.31. Zensys


10. Patent Analysis

Appendix
Eu Patents

List Of Tables


Table 1 European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product 2007-2014
(euro Thousands)
Table 2 Zigbee Home Automation Features And Benefits
Table 3 New Technology Developments, Product Launches, Agreements And
Collaborations In The European Smart Home And Assisted Livings Market (2007 -
2009)

Table 4 European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Geography 2007-2014
(euro Thousands)

Table 5 Benelux Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product 2007-2014
(euro Thousands)

Table 6 Scandinavian Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product
2007-2014 (euro Thousands)

Table 7 Southern European Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market, By Product
2007-2014 (euro Thousands)

List Of Figures

Figure 1 Parental Structure Of The Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
Figure 2 Evolution Of The Smart Homes And Assisted Living Market
Figure 3 Implementation Status Of Newly Built And Retrofit Homes
Figure 4 Region-Wise Distribution Of The Aged In 2035
Figure 5 Increasing Proportion Of Disabled To Overall Population
Figure 6 Integration Of Telecare And Smart Homes
Figure 7 Smart Homes Market Prospects In The Eu
Figure 8 Factors Affecting Smart Home Adoption
Figure 9 Consumer Awareness To Determine The Success Of Retrofit Smart Homes
Market
Figure 10 Analysis Of Factors Influencing The European Smart Homes And Assisted
Living Market
Figure 11 Product Line For Smart Home - Application Perspective
Figure 12 Consumer Needs For Visually Impaired
Figure 13 General Lighting Controls For Hearing Impaired
Figure 14 Appliance Features Necessary For Hearing Impaired
Figure 15 Application Areas Of Smart Home Networking Devices
Figure 16 Smart Home Applications Of Zigbee
Figure 17 Market Dynamics For Z-Wave Technology
Figure 18 Driving Factors For Knx Technology
Figure 19 Competitive Scenario Of European Smart Home And Assisted Living Market
(2007-2009)
Figure 20 Segmentation Of Patents On The Basis Of Enabling Technologies
(2004-2009)


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Home Building and Improvement Industry:European Smart Homes and Assisted Living

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Contact:
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Email: nbo@reportlinker.com
US: (805)652-2626
Intl: +1 805-652-2626
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  The demographic changes taking place in the UK population - and internationally - are forcing major changes in the method of supporting independent lifestyle, particularly the management of long term conditions. Between 2020 and 2030 the over 60s population in the UK will exceed 20m. Currently there are already more people over 60, than there are aged less than 18. But the need for lifestyle and healthcare support applies across all age groups.   The seminar will address key issues of telecare & telehealth - or assistive living, including: What are assistive living solutions? The communications infrastructure for delivering assistive living solutions; Interoperability; The market for assistive living solutions.
This seminar will be of interest to everyone in the procurement, delivery, operation, management and maintenance of telecare & telehealth solutions in the community.   Early registration for this free event is recommended as demand for places is expected to be high.\"   Registration is at http://digital-communications-ktn.org/tinc?key=d95cAHGK&formname=AssitiveLiving  
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  The demographic changes taking place in the UK population - and internationally - are forcing major changes in the method of supporting independent lifestyle, particularly the management of long term conditions. Between 2020 and 2030 the over 60s population in the UK will exceed 20m. Currently there are already more people over 60, than there are aged less than 18. But the need for lifestyle and healthcare support applies across all age groups.   The seminar will address key issues of telecare & telehealth - or assistive living, including: What are assistive living solutions? The communications infrastructure for delivering assistive living solutions; Interoperability; The market for assistive living solutions.
This seminar will be of interest to everyone in the procurement, delivery, operation, management and maintenance of telecare & telehealth solutions in the community.   Early registration for this free event is recommended as demand for places is expected to be high.\"   Registration is at http://digital-communications-ktn.org/tinc?key=d95cAHGK&formname=AssitiveLiving  
]]> <![CDATA[Telecare UK: the use of assistive technology in East Cheshire, South Wales and Hackney, London]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1518.html Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:54:11 -0400 ]]> https://www.comfortforums.com/thread-1518.html Telecare systems can make savings while helping people to stay independent for longer, but it is best to start off small. Report by Andrew Mickel

From Communicare.co.uk 15 July 2009
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From Communicare.co.uk 15 July 2009
See article at
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Dear Exhibitor[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Over the years, we\'ve noticed an increasing volume of disabled visitors attending our Homebuilding & Renovating Shows because of the need to have their homes designed to suit their unique lifestyle. Whilst HB&R can provide many of the answers for them it only provides one small section of information for this group of people and in turn only delivers a very small percentage of the UK disabled population.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Centaur Exhibitions is therefore launching a brand new national consumer show for the disabled market called enABLE. The purpose of the show is to be the UK\'s first national consumer show for people with disabilities seeking a more active independent lifestyle. [/size][/font][font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Backed by Leonard Cheshire, the UK\'s leading disability charity, enABLE 08 will meet the information needs of disabled consumers with a strong emphasis on an engaging seminar programme.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]The event will take place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry from 28th - 29th November 2008.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]You\'ll be well aware of Centaur Exhibitions credentials through the market leading HB&R Shows that you attend. We now invite you to join us on this exciting new venture if you have products and services that are targeting the disabled market.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Interested? Email nick.noble@centaur.co.uk NOW.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Kind regards[/size][/font][/size][/font]  
[font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]_________________________________________________
Nick Noble 
Director - Consumer Exhibitions 
Centaur Media plc
Sugar Brook Court
Aston Road
Bromsgrove
Worcs
B60 3EX [/size][/font]
[font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Tel: 01527 834438
Fax: 01527 834432
Mob: 07714 660860 [/size][/font]
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[/size][/font][font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]http://www.enableshow.co.uk[/size][/font]
 enABLE 08 - A new National consumer show for the disabled market]]>
[font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"] [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]__________________________________________________________________________
Dear Exhibitor[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Over the years, we\'ve noticed an increasing volume of disabled visitors attending our Homebuilding & Renovating Shows because of the need to have their homes designed to suit their unique lifestyle. Whilst HB&R can provide many of the answers for them it only provides one small section of information for this group of people and in turn only delivers a very small percentage of the UK disabled population.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Centaur Exhibitions is therefore launching a brand new national consumer show for the disabled market called enABLE. The purpose of the show is to be the UK\'s first national consumer show for people with disabilities seeking a more active independent lifestyle. [/size][/font][font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Backed by Leonard Cheshire, the UK\'s leading disability charity, enABLE 08 will meet the information needs of disabled consumers with a strong emphasis on an engaging seminar programme.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]The event will take place at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry from 28th - 29th November 2008.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]You\'ll be well aware of Centaur Exhibitions credentials through the market leading HB&R Shows that you attend. We now invite you to join us on this exciting new venture if you have products and services that are targeting the disabled market.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Interested? Email nick.noble@centaur.co.uk NOW.[/size][/font]   [font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Kind regards[/size][/font][/size][/font]  
[font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]_________________________________________________
Nick Noble 
Director - Consumer Exhibitions 
Centaur Media plc
Sugar Brook Court
Aston Road
Bromsgrove
Worcs
B60 3EX [/size][/font]
[font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]Tel: 01527 834438
Fax: 01527 834432
Mob: 07714 660860 [/size][/font]
[font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]http://www.centaur.co.uk[/size][/font][font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]
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[/size][/font][font=\"Arial\"][size=\"2\"]http://www.enableshow.co.uk[/size][/font]
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You don\'t have to be an expert to suggest though; maybe you can visualise situations in your own or associates experience.
We are overdue to record a new UK / English  Comfort voice and would like to record these words at the same time. So the quicker we can do this the better.

Please also start any new Topics related to assisted living.

Nigel
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  • Pill
  • Medicine
  • Press
  • Blue
  • Button
  • Ok
You don\'t have to be an expert to suggest though; maybe you can visualise situations in your own or associates experience.
We are overdue to record a new UK / English  Comfort voice and would like to record these words at the same time. So the quicker we can do this the better.

Please also start any new Topics related to assisted living.

Nigel
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