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SmartBath: A New Bathing Concept for Disabled People

Authors : Karolina Bezerra, José Machado, Filomena Soares, Vítor Carvalho, Demétrio Matos

Published in: CONTROLO 2016

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Abstract

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.

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Metadata
Title
SmartBath: A New Bathing Concept for Disabled People
Authors
Karolina Bezerra
José Machado
Filomena Soares
Vítor Carvalho
Demétrio Matos
Copyright Year
2017
Book
CONTROLO 2016

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-43670-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-43671-5

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43671-5_39