MuistiKoti - Towards Better Awareness of the Technological Solutions Designed for People with Alzheimer´s Disease

Author

Niskanen, Ilkka ; Toivonen, Jyri ; Kantorovitch, Julia

Author_Institution

Software Archit. & Platforms, VTT- Tech. Res. Center of Finland, Oulu, Finland

fYear

2011

fDate

6-8 July 2011

Firstpage

384

Lastpage

385

Abstract

Interactive visualization is closely related to the concept of user education as the possibility to communicate with the visualized information helps us to understand the data better. At present, there exist numerous of technical solutions designed for people with Alzheimer´s disease to make their everyday life easier at home. However, the lack of awareness among relatives and caretakers diminishes the utilization of these technologies. The MuistiKoti web application addresses the needs of aging adults suffering from Alzheimer disease and their relatives and caregivers looking for technology and supportive and educational knowledge.

Keywords

Internet; computer aided instruction; data visualisation; diseases; handicapped aids; interactive systems; Alzheimer disease; MuistiKoti Web application; aging adult; educational knowledge; interactive visualization; technological solution; user education; Aging; Alzheimer´s disease; Data visualization; Education; Knowledge engineering; Senior citizens; Visualization; awareness; education; elderly; visualization; web application;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Athens, GA

ISSN

2161-3761

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-209-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-3761

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICALT.2011.121

Filename

5992371