As the elderly population has been rapidly expanding, needs of adequate health and housing services for elderly people continue to grow, but resources for providing such services are becoming increasingly scarce. Thus, using modern technologies and efficiently providing Intelligent Home Care (IHC) services is regarded as a pressing issue. In order to handle issues of the coming aging society, this article analyzes health monitoring, health prevention, health advisor and knowledge service requirements of an IHC Platform, and proposes an architecture of the IHC Platform based on chronic disease knowledge management, which is excepted to offer intelligent, accurate and personal care service for elderly people.