State of the Art Report for Smart Habitat for Older Persons -- Working Group 3 -- Healthcare
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The pith
The report assembles current knowledge on furniture, ICT, and healthcare to support integrated solutions for healthy ageing at home.
A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.
Core claim
The document reports the state of the art of science and practice on furniture and habitats, ICT, and healthcare for smart and healthy ageing at home, with each section prepared by a separate working group of the Sheld-on COST Action to assess disciplinary understanding and identify advances, products, industries, and success stories.
What carries the argument
Three separate working-group assessments that compile disciplinary knowledge, advances in smart furniture and habitat, products, industries, and success stories across the domains of furniture and habitats, ICT, and healthcare.
If this is right
- The compiled findings can directly feed into development of cross-domain solutions for ageing well at home, community, and work.
- Identified advances in furniture, ICT, and healthcare can guide product design and industry uptake.
- Documented success stories can be adapted or replicated in new settings to improve outcomes for older persons.
- Convergence of the three domains in the fourth working group can produce more holistic approaches than any single domain alone.
- The report serves as a reference point for researchers and stakeholders to build upon current practices.
Where Pith is reading between the lines
- The separation into three distinct sections may understate potential interactions between furniture design, ICT systems, and healthcare delivery that only appear when domains are considered together.
- Future updates could track how quickly cited products and technologies become obsolete in this rapidly evolving field.
- The report's structure suggests a template for similar multi-domain state-of-the-art compilations in other areas of assistive technology.
- Practitioners could use the success stories as case studies for training or pilot projects without needing to consult the original sources first.
Load-bearing premise
The working group members' disciplinary backgrounds and chosen citations together supply a balanced and current overview of each domain without major gaps or selection bias.
What would settle it
A later independent review that finds substantial recent literature, products, or success stories in any of the three domains that are absent from the report.
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read the original abstract
This document reports the State of the Art of science and practice on three topics related to smart and healthy ageing at home: furniture and habitats, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and healthcare. The reports were prepared by the working groups of COST Action CA16226, Sheld-on. Sheld-on is a network of researchers, user representatives, industry members, and other stakeholders. The three domains covered in this report were the areas of interest for three working groups from the COST Action. The aim of each working group was to assess the State of the Art for disciplinary understanding, identification of advances in smart furniture and habitat, products, industries and success stories. The findings on these topics of all working groups are compiled here. Due to the different backgrounds of the members of each of the working groups, the document is divided in three separate parts that can be considered as separate State of the Art reports. The goal of this document is to be used as input in the fourth working group of Sheld-on COST Action: Solutions for Ageing Well at Home, in the Community, and at Work, where experts from the three different domains converge to a single working group in order to achieve the action objectives.
Editorial analysis
A structured set of objections, weighed in public.
Referee Report
Summary. The manuscript compiles state-of-the-art reports from three working groups of COST Action CA16226 (Sheld-on) on smart and healthy ageing at home. It covers furniture and habitats, ICT, and healthcare, drawing on disciplinary expertise to identify advances, products, industries, and success stories. The document is structured as three separate parts due to differing member backgrounds and is positioned as input for a fourth working group on integrated solutions for ageing well at home, in the community, and at work.
Significance. If the literature summaries prove comprehensive and current, the report could provide a useful interdisciplinary reference for researchers and practitioners in smart habitats for older adults, highlighting practical examples that bridge domains. Its value lies in aggregating network insights rather than generating new predictions or derivations.
major comments (2)
- [Introduction] Introduction and overall structure: The central claim of reporting the 'State of the Art' for the three domains assumes balanced, current coverage from the working groups, yet no literature search methodology, databases, keywords, date ranges, or inclusion/exclusion criteria are described for any part. This omission is load-bearing because it prevents assessment of selection bias or gaps, directly affecting the report's reliability as a SOTA summary (see abstract's description of the three independent parts).
- [Healthcare section (WG3)] Healthcare section (WG3): Without a documented search protocol, it is unclear whether key recent advances (e.g., post-2020 developments in AI-enabled remote monitoring or integrated care platforms) were systematically considered or omitted due to member availability rather than exhaustive review. This weakens the claim of disciplinary understanding for healthcare applications.
minor comments (3)
- [Title and abstract] The title specifies 'Working Group 3 -- Healthcare' while the abstract and structure address three domains; clarify the overall scope and title to avoid confusion for readers.
- [Overall structure] Cross-references between the three parts are absent; adding brief pointers (e.g., how ICT solutions intersect with healthcare monitoring) would improve integration without altering the disciplinary separation.
- [References] Reference lists in each part should include DOIs or stable links where available to enhance reproducibility and allow readers to verify cited works.
Simulated Author's Rebuttal
We thank the referee for the constructive comments on methodological transparency. This manuscript compiles expert-driven state-of-the-art reports from the three working groups of COST Action CA16226 rather than conducting a formal systematic review. We address the points below and will revise the introduction and relevant sections to clarify the approach.
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Referee: [Introduction] Introduction and overall structure: The central claim of reporting the 'State of the Art' for the three domains assumes balanced, current coverage from the working groups, yet no literature search methodology, databases, keywords, date ranges, or inclusion/exclusion criteria are described for any part. This omission is load-bearing because it prevents assessment of selection bias or gaps, directly affecting the report's reliability as a SOTA summary (see abstract's description of the three independent parts).
Authors: We agree that the methodology requires explicit description. The report synthesizes knowledge contributed by working group members based on their disciplinary expertise, ongoing research, known literature, products, and success stories within the COST Action network. It is not a systematic review. We will revise the introduction to state this expert-driven compilation approach, describe the working groups' composition, and note how contributions were gathered through network activities. This will allow readers to evaluate scope and potential biases. revision: yes
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Referee: [Healthcare section (WG3)] Healthcare section (WG3): Without a documented search protocol, it is unclear whether key recent advances (e.g., post-2020 developments in AI-enabled remote monitoring or integrated care platforms) were systematically considered or omitted due to member availability rather than exhaustive review. This weakens the claim of disciplinary understanding for healthcare applications.
Authors: The healthcare section draws from the expertise of WG3 members (researchers and practitioners in healthcare for ageing). While no formal search protocol was used, the content reflects their disciplinary knowledge at the time of preparation. We will add an explanatory note in the section on the basis of contributions. We will also review and incorporate additional references to post-2020 AI-enabled remote monitoring and integrated care platforms to strengthen coverage where they relate to smart habitats. revision: partial
Circularity Check
No derivations, equations, or self-referential predictions present
full rationale
This document is a state-of-the-art compilation report divided into three independent sections on furniture/habitats, ICT, and healthcare for ageing. It contains no equations, fitted parameters, predictions, or derivations that could reduce to its own inputs. The central claim is simply an overview of existing literature prepared by working groups; while selection of citations could raise coverage concerns, no step matches any enumerated circularity pattern (self-definitional, fitted-input prediction, self-citation load-bearing, etc.). The report is self-contained against external benchmarks as a descriptive summary without internal derivation chains.
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