Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations

​This book focuses on various aspects of research on aging, including in relation to assistive technology; dignity of aging; how technology can support a greater understanding of the experience of physically aging and cognitive changes; mobility issues as

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Andree Woodcock Louise Moody Deana McDonagh Ajita Jain Lakhmi C. Jain Editors

Design of Assistive Technology for Ageing Populations

Intelligent Systems Reference Library Volume 167

Series Editors Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland Lakhmi C. Jain, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Centre for Artificial Intelligence, University of Technology, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Science, Technology and Mathematics, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia; KES International, Shoreham-by-Sea, UK; Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK

The aim of this series is to publish a Reference Library, including novel advances and developments in all aspects of Intelligent Systems in an easily accessible and well structured form. The series includes reference works, handbooks, compendia, textbooks, well-structured monographs, dictionaries, and encyclopedias. It contains well integrated knowledge and current information in the field of Intelligent Systems. The series covers the theory, applications, and design methods of Intelligent Systems. Virtually all disciplines such as engineering, computer science, avionics, business, e-commerce, environment, healthcare, physics and life science are included. The list of topics spans all the areas of modern intelligent systems such as: Ambient intelligence, Computational intelligence, Social intelligence, Computational neuroscience, Artificial life, Virtual society, Cognitive systems, DNA and immunity-based systems, e-Learning and teaching, Human-centred computing and Machine ethics, Intelligent control, Intelligent data analysis, Knowledge-based paradigms, Knowledge management, Intelligent agents, Intelligent decision making, Intelligent network security, Interactive entertainment, Learning paradigms, Recommender systems, Robotics and Mechatronics including human-machine teaming, Self-organizing and adaptive systems, Soft computing including Neural systems, Fuzzy systems, Evolutionary computing and the Fusion of these paradigms, Perception and Vision, Web intelligence and Multimedia. ** Indexing: The books of this series are submitted to ISI Web of Science, SCOPUS, DBLP and Springerlink.

More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/8578

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Editors Andree Woodcock Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities Faculty of Arts and Humanities Coventry University Coventry, UK

Louise Moody Centre for Arts, Memory and Communities Faculty of Arts and Humanities Coventry University Coventry, UK

Deana McDonagh School of Art and Design University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL, USA

Ajita Jain Elizabeth Grove Surgery Adelaide, SA, Australia

Lakhmi C. Jain Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology Centre for Artificial Intelligence University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia Faculty of Science, Technology and Mathematics University of Canberra Canberra,