Intelligent Assistive Technology Applications to Dementia Care: Current Capabilities, Limitations, and Future Challenges

The design of intelligent in-home assistive technologies: Assessing the needs of older adults with dementia and their caregivers

“…However, a substantial amount of interest has recently been directed toward the development of intelligent technologies that support aging in place -devices that support cognitive deficits while reducing caregiver burden 6 -increasing the likelihood of their use.…”

“…Such technologies range in function from low technology aids (e.g., medication pill organizers, schedules and notes) to higher technology aids (e.g., intelligent assistive devices that are contextually aware and can provide help when appropriate) 6 . Advances in computer hardware and software, particularly in the domains of computer science and engineering have improved the reliability, affordability and capability of intelligent devices.…”

“…Advances in computer hardware and software, particularly in the domains of computer science and engineering have improved the reliability, affordability and capability of intelligent devices. Accordingly, intelligent devices are increasingly investigated by researchers as potential tools to assist people with dementia who struggle with a range of cognitive disabilities 6 . Intelligent assistive technologies (AT) have been created to compensate for the loss of memory [7][8][9][10][11][12] ; and executive function [9][10][11]13 , and show potential for application to older adults with dementia.…”

“…Despite the wide range of AT in development to support people with dementia or their caregivers, few of these intelligent AT have progressed beyond the initial development stage (e.g., a recent review of 58 technologies highlighted only three devices that have undergone clinical trials and none had entered real-world testing) 6 . As such, the appropriateness of many of these devices as tools to support the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers remains in question.…”

A Business Model for Digital Healthcare Environments: An Organic Approach and a Use Case for Handling Cognitive Impairment

“…The human resource that is vital in the establishment of the BM is the specialist of digital services through which assisting people with CI (Kapadia et al 2015). From the standpoint of physical assets required to provide the service, technologies play a key role both for the patient and for the overall system (Kerssens et al 2015;Robert et al 2013;Bharucha et al 2009). Other key resources are patents, licenses and copyrights.…”