SmartBath: A new bathing concept for disabled people

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Título:	SmartBath: A new bathing concept for disabled people
Autor(es):	Bezerra, Karolina Machado, José Soares, Filomena Carvalho, Vítor Matos, Demétrio Ferreira
Palavras-chave:	Assistive bath Assistive technology Elderlies Medical devices Well-being
Data:	2017
Editora:	Springer Verlag
Revista:	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Resumo(s):	Nowadays, the development of equipment for the elderly care is of great importance due to the increased number of elderlies. The requirements and failures of the existing elderly-care devices were studied in order to identify the most important needs of the bathing activity and then a new concept is proposed ‘SmartBath’. The SmartBath is a new assistive technology to improve autonomy, quality, safety, comfort and hygiene of bathing for elderly or bedridden. The bathing is a daily activity that requires physical effort, dedication and time to perform from the caregiver. This new concept integrates an automatic control of the bathing temperature, water flow-rate and light intensity. This concept can be operated directly or remotely into the system using mobile devices.
Tipo:	Artigo em ata de conferência
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/1822/53152
ISBN:	9783319436708
DOI:	10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_39
ISSN:	1876-1100
Arbitragem científica:	yes
Acesso:	Acesso restrito UMinho
Aparece nas coleções:	CAlg - Artigos em livros de atas/Papers in proceedings