| AAL | Ambient Assisted Living |
| AD | Alzheimer’s Disease |
| ADLs | activities of daily living |
| BADLs | basic ADLs |
| BCG | ballistocardiograph |
| CASAS | Center for Advanced Studies in Adaptive Systems |
| CO | carbon monoxide |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| ECG | Electrocardiography |
| Em | Emergency detection |
| GPRS | General Packet Radio Service |
| HRV | heart rate variability |
| IADLs | instrumental ADLs |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| ISAAC | Intelligent Systems for Detection of Aging Changes |
| ISM | industrial, scientific and medical |
| LAN | local area network |
| MCI | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| MEESTAR | Model for the Ethical Evaluation of Socio-Technical Arrangements |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| NA | not available |
| ORCATECH | Oregon Center for Aging & Technology |
| Phy | physiological monitoring |
| PIR | passive infrared |
| PPG | photoplethysmogram |
| RH | real home |
| RFID | Radio-frequency identification |
| SaSe | safety and security detection |
| SHL | smart home laboratory |
| SoC | social interaction monitoring |
| TV | television |