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Light therapy in smart healthcare facilities for older adults: An overview
Institute of Allied Health, Netherlands.
Department of the Built Environment, Eindhoven University of Technology, Unit Building Physics and Services, Building Lighting, Netherlands.
TNO, Netherlands.
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Horw/Luzern, Switzerland.
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2015 (English)In: Recent advances in ambient intelligence and context-aware computing / [ed] Kevin Curran, Hersey, PA: IGI Global, 2015, p. 300-307Chapter in book (Other academic)
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Light therapy is applied as treatment for a variety of problems related to health and ageing, including dementia. Light therapy is administered via light boxes, light showers, and ambient bright light using ceiling-mounted luminaires. Long-term care facilities are currently installing dynamic lighting systems with the aim to improve the well-being of residents with dementia and to decrease behavioural symptoms. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the application of ceiling-mounted dynamic lighting systems as a part of intelligent home automation systems found in healthcare facilities. Examples of such systems are provided and their implementation in practice is discussed. The available, though limited, knowledge has not yet been converted into widespread implementable lighting solutions, and the solutions available are often technologically unsophisticated and poorly evaluated from the perspective of end-users. New validated approaches to the design and application of ambient bright light are needed.

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Hersey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. p. 300-307
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Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics (ACIR) Book Series
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Building Technologies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-31838DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7284-0.ch018ISI: 000363220200019Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-84957066896ISBN: 9781466672857 (print)ISBN: 1466672846 (print)ISBN: 9781466672840 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-31838DiVA, id: diva2:973857
Available from: 2016-09-23 Created: 2016-09-23 Last updated: 2016-09-23Bibliographically approved

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