Remote assistance for people with dementia at home using reminiscence systems and a schedule prompter

Kuwahara, Noriaki; Yasuda, Kosaku; Tetsutani, Nobuji; Morimoto, Kazunari

doi:10.1504/ijcih.2010.037458

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“…Both parties can indicate regions of interest, and the therapist or caretaker can control the visual effects that accompany the reminiscence videos. Evaluations of this system have found that most individuals find remote RT enjoyable, and some have had persisting benefits in terms of managing behavioral symptoms, such as anxiety, irritability, and restlessness (Kuwahara, Yasuda, Tetsutani, & Morimoto, 2010; Yasuda, Kuwahara, Kuwabara, Morimoto, & Tetsutani, 2013; Yasuda, Kuwahara, & Morimoto, 2009). While remote RT could reduce barriers due to transportation difficulties, they may create new barriers for individuals lacking technical expertise or necessary hardware.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology for Reminiscence Therapy

2014

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As the segment of the population 65 years of age or older continues to grow, the number of individuals with dementia increases proportionally, highlighting the need to design therapies that meet the social and emotional needs of people with dementia. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are potential venues for supporting the delivery of such therapies, including reminiscence therapy (RT), which is a non-pharmacological intervention involving the prompting of past memories, often with artifacts such as old photographs or music for therapeutic benefits such as the facilitation of social interactions or the increase of self-esteem. This paper systematically examines the scientific literature on the use of ICT for facilitating RT to assess the current state of the evidence and identify future trends. We searched the PubMed (1966–2013), ACM (1954–2013), and PsycINFO (1908–2013) repositories using the keywords dementia and reminiscence. Three hundred eighty-six articles were retrieved, 44 of which met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Findings of the systematic review include that there are benefits to using ICT for RT interventions. Some of these benefits are access to rich and engaging multimedia reminiscence materials, opportunities for people with dementia to participate in social interactions and take ownership of conversations, and a reduction of barriers due to motor deficits during interactions with media. Future studies should explore the types and content of media beneficial to individuals at different stages of dementia.

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A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology for Reminiscence Therapy

2014

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“…Even in the advanced stages of dementia, when communication deficits are severe and verbal output is limited, individuals with dementia rely on procedural memory to look at memory books, or listen while a communication partner reads and discusses the book. Memory aids, even remote schedule prompters, can also help to reduce problem behaviors such as repetitive verbalizations (Kuwahara, Yasuda, Tetsutani, & Morimoto, 2010; Yasuda, Kuwabara, Kuwahara, Abe, & Tetsutani, 2009). In response to repeated questions or requests, a caregiver can instruct the person with dementia to find the answer written on an index card or a page from a communication book, thereby reducing further repetitions (Bourgeois, Burgio, Schulz, Beach, & Palmer, 1997).…”

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Supporting communication for patients with neurodegenerative disease

Fried-Oken

Mooney

Peters

2015

NRE

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“…The verbal engagement/reminiscence exhibited by the participants during the intervention might be essentially ascribed to the use of topics (past experiences) that the participants could connect with and to the availability of verbal questions or combinations of visual and verbal cues that worked fairly adequately for them. Apparently, the two versions of the computer-aided program provided sufficient support to the participants so that they could engage in verbal reminiscence without the presence of a therapist or prompter (Kuwahara et al, 2006 , 2010 ; Astell et al, 2010b ; Lazar et al, 2014 ). Both program versions relied on three main intervention conditions, that is: (a) helping the participants focus their attention on the topics presented; (b) guiding them to shift their attention across various topics, thus providing them the opportunity to vary and expand their verbal engagement/reminiscence; and (c) ensuring the occurrence of positive attention/comments that could encourage the participants during their engagement and reinforce them for it (Kazdin, 2001 ; Bemelmans et al, 2012 ; Catania, 2012 ; Yamagami et al, 2012 ; Lancioni et al, 2014a ).…”

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Patients with moderate Alzheimerâ€™s disease engage in verbal reminiscence with the support of a computer-aided program: a pilot study

Lancioni

Singh

O’Reilly

et al. 2015

Front. Aging Neurosci.

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This study focused on the assessment of a program recently developed for helping patients with moderate Alzheimer’s disease engage in computer-mediated verbal reminiscence (Lancioni et al., 2014a). Sixteen participants were involved in the study. Six of them used the original program version with the computer showing a virtual partner posing questions and providing attention and guidance. The other 10 used a slightly modified program version with the computer presenting photos and videos and providing encouragements to talk as well as attention and guidance. Participants were exposed to brief program sessions individually. The results showed that 15 participants (five of those using the first version and all of those using the second version) had a clear and lasting increase in verbal engagement/reminiscence during the intervention sessions with the program. Those 15 participants had mean percentages of intervals with verbal engagement/reminiscence below 10 during baseline and between about 45 and 75 during the intervention. The results’ implications and the need for new research were discussed.

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Remote assistance for people with dementia at home using reminiscence systems and a schedule prompter

Cited by 19 publications

References 17 publications

A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology for Reminiscence Therapy

A Systematic Review of the Use of Technology for Reminiscence Therapy

Supporting communication for patients with neurodegenerative disease

Patients with moderate Alzheimerâ€™s disease engage in verbal reminiscence with the support of a computer-aided program: a pilot study

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