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This paper presents the work carried out during the RITA Project, a study that focused on designing and implementing Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) services in the real context of Province of Pisa (Tuscany, Italy). The main objective of the RITA Project was to demonstrate the efficiency and the feasibility of new socio-medical services based on AAL approach. The user target of this project were elderly persons of Pisa area, living mainly alone or with a partner at their home, and their formal and informal caregivers. According to their needs new services and ICT system were developed and tested in order to improve the sense of safety of elderly people and caregivers.
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The RITA project has been supported by Regione Toscana under the POR CReO FESR 2007–2013 Programme, Asse 1 Attività 1.1 Linea di intervento D. Furthermore authors thank Società della Salute—Area pisana—which provided contacts with local associations and service providers, working with elderly people, allowing the involvement of a large number of elderly persons and caregivers in the project.
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Esposito, R. et al. (2014). RITA Project: An Ambient Assisted Living Solution for Independent and Safely Living of Aging Population. In: Longhi, S., Siciliano, P., Germani, M., Monteriù, A. (eds) Ambient Assisted Living. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01119-6_30
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