Providing a comprehensive introduction into and overview of the field of pervasive healthcare applications, this volume incorporates a variety of timely topics ranging from medical sensors and hardware infrastructures, to software platforms and applications, and addresses issues of user experience and technology acceptance.

From Computer Innovation to Human Integration: Current Trends and Challenges for Pervasive Health Technologies.- On challenges designing the home as a place for care.- E-Health Applications for Those in Need: Making Novel Interaction Technologies Accessible.- The Innovation Binder Approach: a guide towards a social-technical balanced pervasive health system.- The Brain Computer Interface: Barriers to Becoming Pervasive.- 'RehabMaster(TM)': A pervasive rehabilitation platform for stroke patients and their caregivers.- Managing Telehealth and Telecare.- Personal Assistive Devices for Elderlies: Executing activities of daily living despite natural aging-related changes.- Sleep Quality Monitoring with the Smart Bed.- Interactive Infrastructures - Physical Rehabilitation Modules for Pervasive Healthcare Technology.- The Ongoing Development of a Multimedia Gaming Module to aid Speech, Language and Communication.- Pervasive Assistive Technology for the deaf-blind - Need, Emergency and Assistance through the Sense of Touch.- A New Methodology (CON-INFO) for Context-based Development of a Mobile User Interface in Healthcare Applications.- An Integrated patient-centric approach for situated research on Total Hip Replacement: ESTHER.