AmI in good care? Developing design principles for ambient intelligent domotics for elderly

Abstract

The combination of ambient intelligence (AmI) and domotics has the potential to respond to elderly people's desire to live independent from extensive forms of care. Their slow adoption of technological aids shows reluctance, though. This article investigates their motivations to adopt ambient intelligent domotics, and proposes design principles specifically based on their preferences and experiences. Respondents appeared to be more acceptive of tangible problems they expected with AmI domotics than intangible ones. In addition, their opinions seemed to be profoundly influenced by the way they perceived their psychological quality of life, while their physical conditions did not seem to have noticeable impacts.

Keywords:

• Ambient intelligence
• domotics
• obtrusiveness
• elderly

Declaration of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper.