Table 1 Technology categories and single technologies

A) Remote health measurements (attached to older people)

Measurements of vital signs or weight at home are automatically transferred to care information systems

B) Monitoring technologies

Sleep, activity and nutrition monitoring

C) Technologies installed in the apartment

Home condition measurements: temperature, humidity, lights, safety monitoring system at home

D) Safety-increasing solutions

Wearable safety solution with GPS localisation, medicine-dispensing robot, medicine reminder, monitoring falling

E) Solutions supporting social activity

Virtual peer groups and coffee groups, social robot

F) Solutions supporting rehabilitation

Games activating performance, physical and memory activity solutions, exercise equipment

G) Technologies for care professionals

Electronic homecare optimising system, exoskeletons, virtual homecare or consultation visits, Virtual Reality–based training

H) IoT and integration platforms

Data from devices, applications and services at home are collected on a platform to be further analysed by care professional or AI