Health@Home: Pilot cases and preliminary results: Residential sensor network to promote the active aging of real users

This study is realized within the framework of the Health@Home Italian project. The focus of this paper is to provide a description of the experimentation in a pilot case in Veneto region (Italy). The integrated residential sensor network (composed by a mix of domotic equipment and biomedical devices), which will allow older people to improve their life-style in their houses, is discussed, together with the apartments selection (i.e. the specifications and requirements) and the users’ recruitment. The authors will also introduce the analysis of the expected results, based on measurements of preliminary data and signals in living lab and the first feedback from the 13 recruited users. The results of the preliminary tests are used to improve the architecture, following the user-acceptance and the data collection. In this phase of the study, the possible services have been hypothesized, and this aspect will be investigated after the end of the experimentation phase (end of 2018)