Augmenting space: Enhancing health, safety, and well-being of older adults through hybrid spaces

Chandrasekera, Tilanka; Kang, Mingyeong; Hebert, Paulette; Choo, Phil

doi:10.3233/tad-170159

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“…AR is a technology where a user's view or vision of the real world is enhanced or augmented with additional information generated from a computer model. The AR interface can decrease the cognitive load [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]. In fact, elderly people are prone to use mental representations to enhance short-term memory [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Augmented Reality App to improve quality of life of people with cognitive and sensory disabilities

Rossi

D’Avenio

Morelli

et al. 2020

2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 &Amp; IoT

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In the last decades, number of people affected by cognitive decline is rising significantly. The main cause of this problem is believed to be the overall drift of the average population age. In general, cognitive impairment varies from mild to severe with mild represented as people may begin to notice a slight change in their cognitive functions while still be able to conduct their daily activities without major limitations; on the other hand, severe state of cognitive impairment leads to a progressive loss of comprehensive abilities as well as evaluating situations. These impairments may be represented by losing the ability to talk and write that leads to the inability to conduct an independent lifestyle. The decay of intellectual functions is associated with a progressive increase of sensory impairment (vision and hearing). In this paper we present a tool to help and support people who suffer from both mild agerelated cognitive decline and sensory impairment. We developed an augmented reality home-made App designed for smart glasses. This App would be a useful tool to provide more independence to patients during actual daily living activities and it will be able to notify users about a potentially dangerous situations, by providing cues in real time. In this way, elderly people, will be able continue their life at home for a longer time before having the need to move into an assisting living facility.

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Section: A Ict Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The AR interface can decrease the cognitive load [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26]. In fact, elderly people are prone to use mental representations to enhance short-term memory [23]. In comparison to VR, AR is considered more user friendly, since it does not isolate the user from his/her environment.…”

Section: A Ict Toolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Augmented Reality App to improve quality of life of people with cognitive and sensory disabilities

Rossi

D’Avenio

Morelli

et al. 2020

2020 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Industry 4.0 &Amp; IoT

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“…Several technologies have been studied with the purpose of supporting people during ADL. These ranges from single simple prompts [32], [33], [34] to more complex input sequences [35], [36]. A solution is offered by Smart Homes, that allows to control patient's health status and detect specific events, such as falling [11], [37], [38], [39], [40].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Augmented reality (AR) is a technology where a user's view or vision of the real world is enhanced or augmented with additional information generated from a computer model. The AR interface can decrease the cognitive load [32], [33], [34], [36], [41], [42]. In fact, elderly people are prone to use mental representations to enhance short-term memory [34].…”

Section: B Intervention Programsmentioning

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CogAR: an augmented reality App to improve quality of life of the people with cognitive impairment

Rossi

D’Avenio

Morelli

et al. 2020

2020 IEEE 20th Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference ( MELECON)

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The number of people affected by dementia in the world is growing up due to the shift of the population age profile. This paper presents a tool to help and support people who suffer from both cognitive decline age-related and cognitive impairments. Cognitive impairment refers to a person who has trouble remembering, learning, concentrating, or making decisions that affect their daily life. Cognitive impairment varies from mild to severe. With mild impairment, people may begin to notice changes in cognitive functions, while still be able to do their everyday activities; on the other hand, severe levels of impairment can lead to losing the ability to understand the meaning or importance of something in addition to the ability to talk or write, resulting in the inability to live independently. We developed an augmented reality home-made App, CogAR, designed for smart glasses. The App can be a useful tool able to provide more independence to patients during actual daily living activities and in navigating their home, providing cues for memory integration in real time. In this way, elderly people, could stay at home longer without the need to move into a care home environment.

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Digital Assistive Technology to Support Everyday Living in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Holthe¹,

Halvorsrud²,

Lund³

2022

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The objective of this review was to explore whether knowledge about and practice of technology for older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia (D) had developed since our 2017 review. Furthermore, we wanted to explore the usability and acceptability of technology in the newer trials, and how these may impact quality of life, occupational performance and human dignity. Materials and Methods: We searched for primary studies published between 2017 and 2020 reusing medical subject heading (MeSH) terms in five databases -Medline, PsycINFO, Embase, Amed and Cinahl -and obtained 1452 titles. The titles were divided in six piles, two for each of the three authors. The titles were sorted utilizing the Rayyan web tool. Fourteen studies were included in this review. The Mixed Method Appraisal Tool (MMAT) was used to assess the quality of the studies examined. Results: This review included almost twice as many participants as in the 2007-2017 review. Since 2017, a shift seems to have occurred toward technologies that can be worn on the body to monitor body functions and report states, or imbalances. Moreover, research interest is now focused on mobile phone apps and wearables providing reminders and timely support, rather than on separate devices at home. Conclusion:The studies conducted since 2017 report on wearable and environmental digital assistive technologies and often with multiple purposes. Three strategies for support seem evident: prompting and reminding people with dementia, monitoring people with dementia at home using environmental sensors and biosensors and providing safety outdoors. Thus, there is still a need for further research on the impact of technologies promoting occupational performance, quality of life, and human dignity for independent living.

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Augmenting space: Enhancing health, safety, and well-being of older adults through hybrid spaces

Cited by 7 publications

References 43 publications

Augmented Reality App to improve quality of life of people with cognitive and sensory disabilities

Augmented Reality App to improve quality of life of people with cognitive and sensory disabilities

CogAR: an augmented reality App to improve quality of life of the people with cognitive impairment

Digital Assistive Technology to Support Everyday Living in Community-Dwelling Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

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