Smart Homes imply that the house is intelligent by themselves
among all entities and components, and human is the center of the
intelligent house. Global increase of the elderly population
challenges the new technologies and the emerging market of the
senior friendly products and industries. Also, the smart home is an
immediate alternative for the senior healthcare services. This
research surveys the concepts of the smart homes, and introduces
an example of a case of Gwangju Senior Products Center.
Especially, five key components for the smart home have been
explained in details regarding the example, and further investigates
on the approaches how to improve the current Gwangju smart
home, and further development direction based on the lessons.