The aging of the population worldwide implies an
increase in the number of cognitive impairment associated
diseases in the elderly. On the other hand, the number of
informal caregivers is decreasing and consequently, we must
guarantee the existence of enough social and health services for
all the population in the immediate future. The new technologies
allow us the development of more advanced instruments for
gerontological intervention for both patients and caregivers. These
new systems help to prevent the lack of home assistance, and
thanks to the Internet connection, we avoid the disadvantages of
the geographic dispersion of the population. In this article, we
describe Telegerontology®, a new home attention tool for patients
and caregivers. It integrates different functionalities related to
physical, cognitive and medical intervention it works like a family
support thanks to the professionals/patients communication, and
integrates an advanced emergency system within a domotic
environment. This system improves the traditional telecare since
it, actually, has more sophisticated services and a higher quality
of home support.