ABSTRACT
César P. Gálvez-Barrón, Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Sandra Prescher, Carlos Abellán Cano, Emilio Suárez Ortega, Ada Font Tió, Jordi Morales Gras, Karol O’Donovan, Marta Díaz Boladeras, Friedrich Köhler, and Alejandro Rodríguez-Molinero
CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 294 Aging, Comorbidity, and Target Diseases ............................................................................... 296
Aging and Comorbidity ........................................................................................................ 296 Target Diseases for Telemedicine Systems .......................................................................... 297 Medical Trends in Telemedicine Research .......................................................................... 298
Scenario for Each Stakeholder of Telemedicine Systems ...................................................... 299 Patient Scenario ...................................................................................................................... 299
Multimorbidity .................................................................................................................. 299 Sensory Capabilities and Impairments: Vision and Audition .................................... 301 Need of Care and Age Target for Telemedicine Systems ............................................. 301 Attitude toward the ICTs ..................................................................................................302 Design Requirements for Telemedicine Systems for Older People ............................302 Other System Requirements from Older People for Telemedicine Systems .............303 Self-Empowerment ............................................................................................................305
