Abstract
The ageing population is a global issue. In an ageing society, it is important to support the independent living of older adults at home. Each older adult is in a different physical, mental, and environmental situation, and has different needs. Therefore, it is necessary to assess the situation of each older adult and provide personalized advice. To address this issue, the e-VITA consortium has been organized. The consortium aims to (a) build a virtual coaching system that interacts with users, assesses their situation, and provides personalized advice; (b) confirm the effectiveness of the system through demonstration tests. The target users of the system are older adults who are living independent and healthy lives in the community. The goal of the project is to slow their functional decline and extend their independent lives. Safety is always an important issue for devices that interact with people. This paper identifies and discusses safety hazards related to a virtual coaching system, based on possible-use cases.
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This work was supported by Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) of Japan (Grant No. JPJ000595). The European consortium received funding from the European Union H2020 Programme under grant agreement n° 101016453.
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Homma, K., Matsumoto, Y. (2022). Hazard Identification for a Virtual Coaching System for Active Healthy Ageing. In: Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology in Everyday Living. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13331. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05654-3_16
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