Misoch Sabina
1 Interdisziplinäres Kompetenzzentrum Alter, Fachhochschule St.Gallen.
Ther Umsch. 2015 Sep;72(9):561-5. doi: 10.1024/0040-5930/a000719.
Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) summarizes various connected digital networked assisting technologies with the aim to support elderly and chronically ill people and to improve their quality of life. This paper defines the term AAL and shows different fields of application for AAL technologies. It illustrates the role of AAL against the background of the societal and demographic changes, of the expected growth of older people in need of care, and of the ongoing trend of singularisation of elderly. We describe medical application areas with new opportunities for the use of AAL technologies. The article highlights further the importance of the technical acceptance of these technologies by the end users, which we deem to be the most critical factor for the diffusion and use of AAL technologies in the forthcoming years.
环境辅助生活（AAL）总结了各种互联的数字网络辅助技术，旨在为老年人和慢性病患者提供支持并改善他们的生活质量。本文定义了AAL这一术语，并展示了AAL技术的不同应用领域。它阐述了在社会和人口结构变化、需要护理的老年人预期增长以及老年人独居持续趋势的背景下AAL的作用。我们描述了AAL技术应用的新医疗领域。本文还进一步强调了终端用户对这些技术的技术接受度的重要性，我们认为这是未来几年AAL技术传播和使用的最关键因素。
