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Internet of Things (106) Home Care (226) Assisted Living for the Elderly and Nursing Home Care (218) Aging in Place (421) Health Services Research and Health Care Utilization in Older Patients (166) Registered Report (884) Sensors at Home and Domotics (87)

Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

This is a member publication of CSIRO, Australian e-Health Research Centre, Sydney, Australia

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/59921, first published .
Elderly man uses tablet to control smart home with visual of sensors and controls.

Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial

Impact of the Smarter Safer Homes Solution on Quality of Life and Health Outcomes in Older People Living in Their Own Homes: Randomized Controlled Trial

Authors of this article:

Wei Lu1 Author Orcid Image ;   David Silvera-Tawil1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hwan-Jin Yoon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Liesel Higgins1 Author Orcid Image ;   Qing Zhang2 Author Orcid Image ;   Mohanraj Karunanithi3 Author Orcid Image ;   Julia Bomke1 Author Orcid Image ;   Joshua Byrnes4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jennifer Hewitt5 Author Orcid Image ;   Vanessa Smallbon1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jill Freyne1 Author Orcid Image ;   Deepa Prabhu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Marlien Varnfield1 Author Orcid Image
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Wei Lu   1 , PhD ;   David Silvera-Tawil   1 , PhD ;   Hwan-Jin Yoon   1 , PhD ;   Liesel Higgins   1 , BMUS, MBA ;   Qing Zhang   2 , PhD ;   Mohanraj Karunanithi   3 , PhD ;   Julia Bomke   1 , BSN ;   Joshua Byrnes   4 , PhD ;   Jennifer Hewitt   5 , PhD ;   Vanessa Smallbon   1 , MEng ;   Jill Freyne   1 , PhD ;   Deepa Prabhu   1 , PhD ;   Marlien Varnfield   1 , PhD

1 Australian e-Health Research Centre, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

2 Research Center for Frontier Fundamental Studies, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, ZheJiang, China

3 Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

4 Centre for Applied Health Economics, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

5 Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Corresponding Author:

  • Marlien Varnfield, PhD
  • Australian e-Health Research Centre
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
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  • Brisbane, QLD 4029
  • Australia
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  • Email: marlien.varnfield@csiro.au