The design of smart homes for people with dementia—user-interface aspects
Universal Access in the Information Society
Integration of Smart Home Technologies in a Health Monitoring System for the Elderly
AINAW '07 Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops - Volume 02
Technological opportunities for supporting people with dementia who are living at home
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Bathroom activity monitoring based on sound
PERVASIVE'05 Proceedings of the Third international conference on Pervasive Computing
The installation and support of internationally distributed equipment for people with dementia
IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine
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Assistive Technology (AT) has been utilized to support people with dementia (PwD) and their carers in the home. Such support can extend the time that PwD can remain safely at home and reduce the burden on the tertiary healthcare sector. Technology can assist people in the hours of darkness as well as during the day. The objective of this literature review is to evaluate reported healthcare technologies appropriate to night time care. This paper summarises and categorises the current evidence base. In all, 131 abstracts were returned from a database search, yielding fifty four relevant papers which were considered in detail. While night-time specific studies identified very few papers (4 papers, 7%), most of the more general AT findings could be adopted to benefit night-time assistance. Studies have used technology for prompting and reminding as loss of time and forgetfulness are major problems; for monitoring daily activities in a sensor enriched environment and utilised location aware technologies to provide information to enhance safety. Technology also supports a range of therapies to alleviate symptoms. Therapies include the delivery of music and familial pictures for reminiscing, the use of light therapy to enhance wellbeing and the provision of mental tasks to stimulate the brain and maintain activity levels.