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Written for students, practitioners, and users of ambient assisted living (AAL), this reference covers methods, concepts, systems, devices, and services that provide unobtrusive support for the daily needs of an assisted person. The reference also provides extensive coverage of applications, software, and information management for AAL, and coverage of the latest hardware and software for ergonomic design pertaining to AAL. A key concept covered within the reference is ambient intelligence, which refers to electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people.

This book reexamines the philosophical foundations of physical rehabilitation, expanding the understanding of movement beyond the physical body. Drawing from disability studies, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, cultural studies, and bioethics, this theoretically rigorous yet accessibly styled text explores the limitations of biomedicine as the organizing framework of rehabilitation, evaluates new directions to diversify rehabilitation practice, and establishes the parameters for a reconfigured ethics of rehabilitation. By embracing multiple ideas of movement¿not only physical, but also social, emotional, and political¿new approaches to rehabilitation are revealed.

This book provides insight into the potential interface technologies between humans and computers or computerized machines that are suitable for people who do not have the control of their hands. The book describes the past, present, and future human computer interface (HCI) technologies and the applications of these to better the lives of people living with disabilities and also other applications such as computer gaming and defense. The limitations and current research activities of HCI technologies are highlighted as well.

This book uses an internationally recognized conceptual framework that addresses medical, functional, and social model perspectives to cover all major areas of geriatric rehabilitation. It provides a broad-based perspective on older adults, discusses how age influences everyday life, and examines strategies that can be employed by rehabilitation practitioners to enable older adults to fully engage in everyday life. It contains the contributions of international experts from many disciplines who narrate evidence-based rehabilitation efforts to a world-wide, rapidly-growing geriatric population.