Ambient Assisted Living: A Review of Technologies, Methodologies and Future Perspectives for Healthy Aging of Population
Grazia Cicirelli,
Roberto Marani,
Antonio Petitti,
Annalisa Milella,
Tiziana D’Orazio
Affiliations
Grazia Cicirelli
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122, 70126 Bari, Italy
Roberto Marani
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122, 70126 Bari, Italy
Antonio Petitti
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122, 70126 Bari, Italy
Annalisa Milella
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122, 70126 Bari, Italy
Tiziana D’Orazio
Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing (STIIMA), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via G. Amendola 122, 70126 Bari, Italy
Over the last decade, there has been considerable and increasing interest in the development of Active and Assisted Living (AAL) systems to support independent living. The demographic change towards an aging population has introduced new challenges to today’s society from both an economic and societal standpoint. AAL can provide an arrary of solutions for improving the quality of life of individuals, for allowing people to live healthier and independently for longer, for helping people with disabilities, and for supporting caregivers and medical staff. A vast amount of literature exists on this topic, so this paper aims to provide a survey of the research and skills related to AAL systems. A comprehensive analysis is presented that addresses the main trends towards the development of AAL systems both from technological and methodological points of view and highlights the main issues that are worthy of further investigation.