SenseCam intervention based on Cognitive Stimulation Therapy framework for Early-Stage Dementia

Abstract

Estimates suggest that Ireland will have 50,000 people with dementia by 2016 and over 100,000 by 2036. Combined with European total costs estimated in 2005 at €130 billion. In the absence of a cure for dementia there is a real need to develop pervasive, user-centered technologies to enhance the well-being and quality of life of people with dementia. This study explores the use of Microsoft SenseCam images within the principles of Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) to engage people with early stage dementia in meaningful discussion. The SenseCam intervention, like the CST approach, is aimed at general enhancement of quality of life and global cognitive and social functioning.

User Interaction Templates for the Design of Lifelogging Systems

“…Further, neuroscientists observed that viewing personal lifelogging images triggers activity in parts of the brain that is associated with normal autobiographical remembering (E. Berry et al, 2009). Similar results are reported by Piasek, Irving, and Smeaton (2011), K. Pauly-Takacs, C. J. Moulin, and Estlin (2011), who asked memory impaired patients to include lifelogging technologies in their daily lives.…”

“…It is one of the most popular therapies in dementia care (Woods, Spector, C. Jones, Orrell, & Davies, 2009;Pittiglio, 2000). Lifelogging technology has been successfully used to support such reminiscence sessions (Piasek et al, 2011;Bharoucha et al, 2009). The authors of these studies conclude that lifelogging material such as personal pictures can be used as memory trigger to help Alzheimer patients to remember certain events of their life and thus helps to improve their quality of life.…”

Image Aesthetics and Content in Selecting Memorable Keyframes from Lifelogs

“…The application that we are interested in is memory augmentation and memory support helping them to remember and to learn better and to remember more and to remember things that are more important. While we currently focus on people without memory impairment, ultimately this can have possibilities for people with various forms of dementia as shown in the preliminary work by Piasek et al [16].…”

Advances in Physiological Computing

“…The device was originally developed as a retrospective memory aid (Hodges et al 2006) and various studies have used it as a memory aid device and to monitor behaviour (Sellen et al 2007;Berry et al 2007;Lee et al 2008;Byrne and Jones 2008;Hallberg and Kikhia 2009;Kikhia et al 2009Kikhia et al , 2010Davies et al 2009;Lindley et al 2009;Kalnikaite et al 2010;Piasek et al 2011;Kelly et al 2011Kelly et al , 2012De Leo et al 2011;Karaman et al 2011;Qiu et al 2011;Doherty et al 2011a, b;Brindley et al 2011;Browne et al 2011;Hodges et al 2011;Pauly-Takacs et al 2011;Crete-Nishihata et al 2012;Huang et al 2012;Wang and Smeaton 2013). In particular, the results from (Hodges et al 2006(Hodges et al , 2011Berry et al 2007) illustrate that ''Through the use of SenseCam, a markedly amnesic patient was consistently able to remember aspects of several events.…”