Our search methodology includes searches of MEDLINE, CINAHL and IEEE conference proceedings databases to provide coverage across a literature that is found in many disciplines and is not well-indexed. As the term 'smart home' is not well-defined, our search terms also include 'telemedicine', 'telehealth', 'e-health', 'health monitoring', 'gerontechnology' and 'gerotechnology' in combination with 'older adult', 'elderly', 'aging', 'ageing', 'community-dwelling' and 'senior'. Our inclusion criteria include any study that describes a technology designed for an older adult audience to support wellness management through social, spiritual, physical or cognitive means (4). Our exclusion criteria include smart homes designed for efficiency and nonhealth-related surveillance technologies.