Anticipation-driven Adaptive Architecture for Assisted Living
This addresses the need for individualized assisted living solutions to reduce dependency, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing concepts of adaptive environments.
The paper tackles the problem of diminished anticipatory action in aging and medical conditions by proposing anticipation-driven adaptive environments to stimulate independent action, but does not provide concrete results or numbers.
Anticipatory expression underlies human performance. Medical conditions and, especially, aging result in diminished anticipatory action. In order to mitigate the loss, means for engaging still available resources (capabilities) can be provided. In particular, anticipation-driven adaptive environments could be beneficial in medical care, as well as in assisted living for those seeking such assistance. These adaptive environments are conceived to be individualized and individualizable, in order to stimulate independent action instead of creating dependencies.