The aging population is a general situation that many countries are facing nowadays. ”Assistive technology for the elderly” is a book on technologies applicable to the elderly that can help facilitate their daily lives. The coverage for the book is broad including fall detection, all seasons’ jacket, visitor identification, elderly mobility, etc.

The ideas are presented with easily understood wordings and interesting diagrams for illustration. This makes the book suitable for patrons from all walks of life like design engineers, people specialised in caring the elderly, etc. The book also provides lots of useful reference materials at the end of each chapter for patrons’ further reading.

With the very comprehensive contents of the book, you will be highly enlightened and may also develop some new assistive technologies for the elderly after reading the book. Hopefully, as more and more patrons have read the book, a happier life can be brought to the elderly.