Title :
Mental health promotion system
Author :
Farooq, Umar ; Jang, Dae-Geun ; Jang, Jae-Keun ; Park, Seung-Hun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Kyung Hee Univ., Yongin, South Korea
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
Abstract :
Mental activity promotion system is presented that analyzes, quantifies, trains and prescribes based on analysis of logical, memorizing, concentrative, decisive, in conditions where time and space is involved, possibility of dementia, and on evaluation of lifestyle of subjects. Special consideration has been made to make the system motivational, persuasive, attractive and fun to use. The system has been successfully deployed in Bitgeoul Senior health town, Gwangju, South Korea.
Keywords :
brain; geriatrics; medical computing; medical disorders; neurophysiology; patient care; psychology; concentrative activity; decisive activity; dementia; logical activity; memorization; mental activity promotion system; mental health promotion system; senior health; Dementia; Radiofrequency identification; Senior citizens; Servers; Training; User interfaces; Decision Support Systems, Clinical; Health Promotion; Humans; Mental Disorders; Mental Health; Patient Education as Topic; Republic of Korea; Telemedicine;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091307
