ISSN: 1220-1766 eISSN: 1841-429X 343 ICI Bucharest © Copyright 2012-2017. All rights reserved Studies in Informatics and Control 26 (3) 343-352, September 2017 1. Introduction The global ageing population is increasingly growing coupled with a major increase in life expectancy, due to the improvements in healthcare service delivery, food supply and nutrition, but also due to the innovation and developments in technology and science. “Compared to 2017, the number of persons aged 60 or above is expected to more than double by 2050 and to more than triple by 2100. In Europe, 25% of the population is already aged 60 years or over. That proportion is projected to reach 35% in 2050. Globally, the number of persons aged 80 or over is projected to triple by 2050.” [22] A growing number of seniors has an increased impact on the whole levels of society, from the individual changing position inside his/her family, to the new national and international strategies, programmes or approaches aiming to best tackle the challenges and demands brought by the ageing population. Longer life expectancy and incoming number of seniors with associated multimorbidity have dramatically raised the cost associated with the health and social systems, which is more and more often perceived as a burden on social insurance programs, healthcare service delivery or pension systems. Enabling Assistive Technologies to Shape the Future of the Intensive Senior-Centred Care: A Case Study Approach Adriana ALEXANDRU, Marilena IANCULESCU* National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics, 8-10 Averescu Avenue, Bucharest, 011455, Romania adriana@ici.ro, manina@ici.ro (*Corresponding author) Abstract: Nowadays, the proportion in the older ages and the average life expectancy is increasing dramatically throughout the world. The health problems associated with wealthy and aged populations has been an issue of great concern to a broad and expanding number of people. Appropriate healthcare ITC-based technologies and services have to cope with this situa- tion. Some specifc challenges related to senior-centred care as well as impediments to acceptance of health-related digital approaches by elderly persons are underlined in this paper. The assistive technologies play a major role in increasing, main- taining, or improving the functional capabilities of seniors as well as in creating the opportunities for ageing in place. This paper aims to illustrate how an ongoing eHealth solution can be further upgraded by integrating some of the latest assistive technologies devices. A brief presentation of some representative devices (such as wearable sensors, mHealth apps and in- home monitoring system) highlights their benefts for the senior healthcare delivery. The current phase of the “Conceptual Model for a Platform of Integrated Services based on Cloud for Home Monitoring of Seniors affected by Dementia (MSI- MDD)” project is put in. A proposed extended architecture of MSI-MDD platform is provided emphasizing the benefts of the integration of the most appropriate assistive technologies for an improved remote senior-centered healthcare service delivery. Keywords: Senior-centred care, Health-assistive technologies, Wearable technology, mHealth, In-home monitoring. One of the most important issue and concern in this respect is to identify and implement the most appropriate healthcare services and technology which are adapted to the degenerative disorders of the seniors, but also to the demands and needs of so called “tech-savvy” new generations of elderly people that are accustomed and willing to use the digital technology. A 2017 report from Ericsson ConsumerLab representing the results of two surveys carried out in Germany, Japan, South Korea, the UK and the USA revealed that over 60 percent of surveyed consumers are prepared to include assistive technology as a preventive means for health management. Assistive technology can provide the medical specialists with the opportunities to have access and process the clinically-relevant, real-time health information and data. “As improved healthcare helps people live longer, healthcare systems come under increasing pressure as older patients need more care. The progressive evolution of age-related disorders have also a negative impact on the seniors’ quality of life and independence. The resulting resource shortage is forcing the industry to become more and more dependent https://doi.org/10.24846/v26i3y201710