Enhanced Healthcare Provision Through Assisted Decision-Making in a Smart Home Environment

New technological developments are shaping alternative forms of healthcare provision in the home. We consider the problem of assisting elderly people and their carers during the night to reduce the occurrence, and potential side effects, of accidents suffered by vulnerable people. The ambient assistance provided will assume minimal expectations on the technology people have to interact with. The technological solution considers the inclusion of night vision which provides features assessed by an algorithm based on the notions of causality and spatio-temporal reasoning. The system alerts, explains to, and advises carers, assessing situations, anticipating problems, and has potential to enhance home care provision.