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Healthy at Home

In: Handbook of Integrated Care

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  • Jonathan Williams

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Nigel H. Lovell

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Nicholas Goodwin

    (University of Newcastle)

  • Ahmadreza Argha

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Paul Egglestone

    (FASTLAB)

Abstract

The ability to support integrated care to people with health and social care needs living at home has become a preferred policy option in many countries to promote independent living, but also to reduce institutionalization in hospitals and care homes. Healthy at Home is an Australian initiative, led by the University of New South Wales and the NSW Smart Sensing Network, to develop viable sensor-based technologies that support community-dwelling older people to live in their home as safe and well as possible, but which also connects people more effectively to the community and aged care providers that support them. This chapter takes a deep dive into the range of emerging sensor-based technologies created to support this, including attention to measuring people’s vital signs, biomechanics, falls detection, and functional monitoring. It concludes that such new technologies can transform people’s experiences of care and, therefore, should be a major tool in supporting future home-based integrated care programs.

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  • Jonathan Williams & Nigel H. Lovell & Nicholas Goodwin & Ahmadreza Argha & Paul Egglestone, 2025. "Healthy at Home," Springer Books, in: Volker Amelung & Viktoria Stein & Esther Suter & Nicholas Goodwin & Ran Balicer & Anna-Sophia Beese (ed.), Handbook of Integrated Care, edition 0, chapter 38, pages 705-732, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-96286-8_104
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-96286-8_104
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