DocumentCode :
3714325
Title :
Sensor-based in-home monitoring of people with dementia using remote web technologies
Author :
Anastasios Karakostas;Ioulietta Lazarou;Georgios Meditskos;Thanos G. Stavropoulos;Ioannis Kompatsiaris;Magda Tsolaki
Author_Institution :
Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Greece
fYear :
2015
Firstpage :
353
Lastpage :
357
Abstract :
The goal of ambient assisted living (AAL) is to help and support elderly persons to manage everyday activities using intelligent and pervasive computing technologies. One of the main issues regarding the support of people with dementia is designing and integrating user-centered AAL environments to assist these people in their daily life activities. These systems should enable people with cognitive impairments to optimize their cognitive functioning in the everyday context, in order to prevent or reduce excess disability, and thus improve quality of life and well-being. This paper presents the main elements of a sensor-based system to support the daily life of people suffering from Alzheimer disease (AD) and dementia. The system monitors the patients at their homes during the performance of daily activities. Different types of sensors are used for monitoring the patients, while a graphical user interface a) enables the clinicians to access and visualize the results and b) supports the patients through specific interventions. The sensor data is semantically integrated and analyzed using knowledge-driven interpretation techniques based on Semantic Web technologies. Overall, this paper presents the system, a 3-month pilot study with one participant and positive preliminary results.
Keywords :
"Dementia","Monitoring","Sensor systems","Interviews","TV","Biomedical monitoring"
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Interactive Mobile Communication Technologies and Learning (IMCL), 2015 International Conference on
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IMCTL.2015.7359618
Filename :
7359618
Link To Document :
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