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The percentage of the population classified as being elderly has been predicted to increase dramatically in size over the next 30-40 years. Figures produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) anticipate an increase from around 600 million in the year 2000 to close to 2 billion by the year 20501. By 2050, 22% of the world’s population will be over 602 in Europe it will be over 30%3. In addition, according to the WHO, approximately 10% of the population experience some form of disability. Already 21% of people above the age of 50 have severe vision, hearing and/or mobility problems.
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McAdams, E.T. et al. (2010). Biomedical Sensors for Ambient Assisted Living. In: Mukhopadhyay, S.C., Lay-Ekuakille, A. (eds) Advances in Biomedical Sensing, Measurements, Instrumentation and Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05167-8_14
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