A Novel Human Autonomy Assessment System

Abstract

This article presents a novel human autonomy assessment system for generating context and discovering the behaviors of older people who use ambulant services. Our goal is to assist caregivers in assessing possibly abnormal health conditions in their clients concerning their level of autonomy, thus enabling caregivers to take countermeasures as soon as possible.

Life memories and the ability to act: the meaning of autonomy and participation for older people when living with chronic illness

“…In accordance with Kemp , the older people were also able to make rational decisions and take responsibility in things such as how, when and where to get dressed or to manage their personal hygiene, as well as to make the decisions whether to continue with former activities, if an adjustment needs to be made or if the activities need to be replaced by adapted activity. The need for help or assistive devices was mentioned, but the older people's choice of adjustment or adaption in order to manage was an expression of their ability to act. For example, in the present study and that by Curl et al.…”

“…According to existing definitions , autonomy and participation can therefore be considered integrated components. The concepts of autonomy and participation are described when observing older people in their activities of daily living, such as when exploring a person's functional status, and thereby the need for and use of assistive devices, like a hand grip on the wall in the shower . Still, a lack of autonomy and participation for older people is displayed when questions in the hospital discharge process are mostly directed towards the information given by healthcare staff to the person.…”

“…However, living with a chronic disease such as Parkinson's or MS is described as implying ageing, due to people having already manifested some of the physical, emotional, cognitive and social changes usually associated with getting older . Although health‐related quality of life is assessed as relatively good while living with chronic heart disease and functional limitations, the ability to maintain functional status is important , as functional status is part of autonomy and participation .…”

Proceedings of the 15th European Workshop on Natural Language Generation (ENLG)

“…For example, Munstermann et al (2012) achieve typical behaviour discovery by learning a transition network from the ADL sequence data. They then use it to measure how normal a given day is and map this metric to traffic light colours.…”

Advances in telecare over the past 10 years

“…Trends and anomalies can be noticed in the user behavior and reported to carers or to the users themselves for further investigation. 7 Recent projects have addressed the need to empower users themselves by providing methods for people to monitor and visualize their own activities and data. This allows people to make proactive and preventative care and lifestyle decisions themselves.…”