P4‐082: Assessing Everyday Cognition in Older Adults With Mci or Alzheimer's Disease Using a Home‐based Sensing and Computing System

The Supportive Smart Home System: Implications and Solutions for Service Providers

“…Cloud processing also brings lower complexity and cost advantages while offering higher reliability than traditional edge (in-residence) processing [5]. Such residential systems have been evaluated in many research projects and pilot trials around the globe (US [6], [7],…”

“…The research projects referenced above [6]- [15] that focus on well-being and independent living have emphasized the in-residence system, including the needed sensors and local sensor processing to achieve the required outcomes. In some cases, it has also explored the sensor data processing within a cloud model.…”

“…Research has also considered cloud processing in such systems that could provide support back to the individual or supply their family and caregivers with information related to well-being, thus providing more advanced functions and services to support aging-in-place [14], [16], [26]- [28]. Many research projects have explored such possibilities where some projects focused on (1) daily cognitive evaluations through homebased sensing [6], [11], [15], [29], (2) detection of overnight wandering in Dementia patients using a multi-sensor system [8]- [10], (3) the challenges accompanied by cloud processing and data analytics in smart home systems [16], [26], [27], (4) the security and reliability aspects of smart home systems [14], (5) real-time location tracking in indoor environments using Wi-Fi and a wearable sensor [30], (6) monitoring of user activity and rate of activity using RF-ID technology [31], (7) deployment of in-home robots to provide human-level social engagement and support for elderly with dementia [28], and (8) determining electrodermal activity as means for emotion-sensing using a wearable Printed Circuit Board (PCB) [32].…”