Assessing task compliance following mobile phone-based video reminders

Abstract

In the development of technology for people with mild dementia it is essential to achieve a combination of the features which provide both support and monitoring along with the ability to offer a level of personalization. Reminding support by means of personalized video reminders portraying a relative or friend combined with sensors to assess whether the requested task was performed lends itself as an ideal combination to achieve this aim. This study assesses the potential of using low cost, off the shelf sensors combined with a mobile phone-based video reminding system to assess compliance with task completion. A validation study has been conducted in a lab-based environment with 10 healthy young participants. The work presented discusses the implementation of the approach adopted, data analysis of the results attained along with outlining future developments of this approach.

A Predictive Model for Assistive Technology Adoption for People With Dementia

“…Throughout this iterative process a range of evaluations has been undertaken with a cohort of 40 PwD and their respective caregivers. The technological platform has been updated in accordance with feedback from these evaluations [2]- [5]. The development of the MPVS system and its pretrial evaluation was reported in [2] on the design and usability of the system along with its technical stability based on nine recruited participants.…”

“…A longitudinal trial was subsequently carried out over a technology usage period of 5 weeks on patients with AD to assess the possibility of fully incorporating the technology into everyday life [4]. A validation study on the possibility of assessing compliance of performance of a task following reminders using low cost, off the shelf sensors was conducted in a lab-based environment with ten healthy young participants [5]. In an attempt to identify the relevant features pertaining to adoption or abandonment of the system, interviews were performed with the various members of the research and development team, which included: biomedical engineers, computer scientists, research nurses, and geriatric consultants.…”

“…Videos, delivered through a mobile phone, are recorded and scheduled by the carers or family members [2]. The MPVS system has been evaluated using a cohort of PwD, where a wide range of features were collected both automatically through the use of the system and through the usage of preand post-trial questionnaires, ranging from categories of participant's ability to perform ADLs, technology experience, home technology infrastructure to care burden, and caregiver technology experience [3]- [5]. Based on these previous evaluations, the aim of the current study is to identify those features that may influence technology adoption.…”

Adherence to Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Alzheimer's Disease: A Review

“…Video home monitoring and reminder systems have also been tested as a means for improving compliance in cognitively impaired patients [57,58]. For example, in a cohort of 8 patients with mild dementia, those monitored using 2-way video technology demonstrated stable treatment adherence, whilst adherence in unmonitored patients decreased significantly over the treatment period [57].…”

A Review of Contemporary Work on the Ethics of Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for People with Dementia

“…Borenstein and Pearson (2010), quoting Oosterlaken, emphasises that the details of design are morally significant. Details such as a step-by-step design (Aarts et al, 2007;Burleson et al, 2012;Pulli et al, 2012), or large and coloured buttons (O'Neill, Parente, et al, 2011;Picking et al, 2012), and the overall intuitiveness (Maguire et al, 2011) of a system are preferred if these are helpful for the end-users. The reported difficulties of elderly users of ICT are usually about hardware issues, inconsistent interface, screen size, height mobility, information interpretation or the overall mental (rather complex) model applied (Lorenzen-Huber et al, 2011;Wallace et al, 2010).…”