Improved Solution to Monitor People with Dementia and Support Care Providers

Assistive Technologies offer the possibility to develop services aimed at improving the Quality of Life of patients and caregivers. Specifically, this work refers to the case of persons with dementia who can live in their homes but need to be assisted. This paper describes a monitoring kit that prov...

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Published inAmbient Assisted Living pp. 153 - 169
Main Authors Raffaeli, Laura, Chiatti, Carlos, Gambi, Ennio, Montanini, Laura, Olivetti, Paolo, Paciello, Luca, Rascioni, Giorgio, Spinsante, Susanna
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
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Caregiver support
Data analysis
Dementia monitoring
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Summary:Assistive Technologies offer the possibility to develop services aimed at improving the Quality of Life of patients and caregivers. Specifically, this work refers to the case of persons with dementia who can live in their homes but need to be assisted. This paper describes a monitoring kit that provides alarms to the caregiver in case of dangerous situations or unusual events detected by the sensors. It is composed by a set of non-intrusive sensors installed within the house, and can be configured in order to best fit with the needs of each patient. The proposed system could have the potentiality to reduce the stress that usually affects the caregivers, due to the continuous effort required and the worry about the patients’ safety. The improved system results from an existing solution that has been re-visited according to the feedbacks obtained from a pilot trial.
ISBN:3319542826
9783319542829
ISSN:1876-1100
1876-1119
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-54283-6_12