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One of the current challenges with respect to the elderly is that of improving the quality of life for those who still have some autonomy and live in their own residences so that they may continue living autonomously, while receiving the assistance of some exterior monitoring and supporting services. The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm demonstrates great potential for creating technological solutions in this area as it aims to seamlessly integrate information technology with the daily lives of people. In this context, it is necessary to develop services that monitor the activity and health of the elderly in real time and alert caregivers or other family members in the case of an unusual event or behaviour. It is crucial that the technological system is able to collect data in a nonintrusive manner and without requiring much interaction with the elderly. Smartband devices are very good candidates for this purpose and, therefore, this work proposes assessing the level of acceptance of the usage of a smartbands by senior users in their daily activities. By using the definition of an architecture and the development of a prototype, it was possible to test the level of acceptance of smartbands by a sample of the elderly population\u2014with surprising results from both the elderly and the caregivers\u2014which constitutes an important contribution to the research field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL). The evaluation showed that most users did not feel that the smartband was intrusive to their daily tasks and even considered using it in the future, while caregivers considered that the platform was very intuitive.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/electronics10141617","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,6]],"date-time":"2021-07-06T23:53:51Z","timestamp":1625615631000},"page":"1617","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["Usability of Smartbands by the Elderly Population in the Context of Ambient Assisted Living Applications"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Lu\u00eds","family":"Correia","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9726-1087","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Fuentes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3019-1330","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jos\u00e9","family":"Ribeiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2353-369X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nuno","family":"Costa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9818-7090","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ars\u00e9nio","family":"Reis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"INESC TEC, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7332-4397","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Rabad\u00e3o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4847-5104","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Barroso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"INESC TEC, University of Tr\u00e1s-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5062-1241","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ant\u00f3nio","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Computer Science and Communication Research Centre, School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"},{"name":"INOV INESC Inova\u00e7\u00e3o, Institute of New Technologies, Leiria Office, Campus 2, Morro do Lena-Alto do Vieiro, Apartado 4163, 2411-901 Leiria, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Reis, A., Xavier, R., Barroso, I., Monteiro, M.J., Paredes, H., and Barroso, J. 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