BACKGROUND Ambulatory and home blood pressure monitoring have been shown to improve the management of hypertension. Either can be used to diagnose 'white coat hypertension' (WCH), which affects 10% to 20% of hypertensives and usually does not require drug treatment. Home monitoring has been used little in primary care. AIM To investigate the use and acceptability of home monitoring, and to es...

Health monitoring at home could be an important element of care and support environment for older people. Diversity of diseases and different needs of users require universal design of a home platform. We present our work on a sensor-based multimodal platform that is trained to recognize the activities elderly person on their home. Two specific problems were investigated: configuration and func...