Transcultural Health-Aware Guides for the Elderly

Rafael H. Bordini, Viviana Mascardi, Stefania Costantini, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, Yves Lespérance, Alessandro Ricci
2020 Workshop From Objects to Agents  
In this brief position paper, we present our vision for using software agents and related technologies to address the growing need of transcultural health-aware "Guides" for the elderly, an increasingly important topic given the clear trend of population ageing. Such autonomous intelligent guides are employed in smart living/city infrastructures to give emotional and healthcare support for the elderly wherever they are, whether at home, outdoors, or in hospital. The main purpose is to help
more » ... g people to avoid progressive loss of physical, cognitive, and emotional activity, and most importantly to avoid social exclusion.
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