%P 983-988 %K Empowerment, Vestibular rehabilitation therapy, Human machine interaction %B XV Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing (Proceedings of MEDICON 2019) %T Empowering Community Dwelling Older Citizens to Improve Their Balance with a Novel Technology Platform %D 2020 %C Cham, Switzerland %V 76 %L discovery10089270 %I Springer %O This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. %A D Gatsios %A DE Bamiou %A S Costafreda %A EI Georga %A KK Kourou %A T Exarchos %A KM Tsiouris %A DI Fotiadis %J IFMBE Proceedings %X The prevalence of balance deficits increases as the population is ageing. Such deficits are associated with the increased incidence of falls which in turn is linked with substantial limited functionality and morbidity. Vestibular rehabilitation therapy (VRT) as a component of the treatment has been shown to be effective in reducing symptoms and improving balance. HOLOBALANCE is an intervention based on a novel technology platform for providing VRT unsupervised, at home which means that motivating citizens to be compliant and promoting empowerment are the cornerstones for its wide adoption. Here we present how citizens empowerment is being addressed in HOLOBALANCE.