Home based assistive technologies for people with mild dementia

  • Authors:

  • Chris Nugent;Maurice Mulvenna;Ferial Moelaert;Birgitta Bergvall-Kåreborn;Franka Meiland;David Craig;Richard Davies;Annika Reinersmann;Marike Hettinga;Anna-Lena Andersson;Rose-Marie Dröes;Johan E. Bengtsson

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland;School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland;Telematica Instituut, Enschede, The Netherlands;Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden;Depart. of Psychiatry, Alzheimer center, VU University medical center, The Netherlands;Belfast City Hospital, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland;School of Computing and Mathematics, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland;Depart. of Psychiatry, Alzheimer center, VU University medical center, The Netherlands;Telematica Instituut, Enschede, The Netherlands;Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden;Depart. of Psychiatry, Alzheimer center, VU University medical center, The Netherlands;Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

  • Venue:
  • ICOST'07 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Smart homes and health telematics
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Those suffering from mild dementia exhibit impairments of memory, thought and reasoning. It has been recognised that deployment of technological solutions to address such impairments may have a major positive impact on the quality of life and can be used to help perform daily life activities hence maintaining a level of independence. In this paper we present an overview of our current investigations into how technology can be used to improve the quality of life of the ageing person with mild dementia. Specifically, we detail the methodology adopted for our work, outline results attained from a series of workshops to identify user needs and finally present how these user needs have been mapped onto the design of home based assistive technologies.