Assistive Technologies offer the possibility to develop services aimed at improving the Quality of Life of patients and caregivers. Specifically, this work refers to the case of persons with dementia who can live in their homes but need to be assisted. This paper describes a monitoring kit that provides alarms to the caregiver in case of dangerous situations or unusual events detected by the sensors. It is composed by a set of non-intrusive sensors installed within the house, and can be configured in order to best fit with the needs of each patient. The proposed system could have the potentiality to reduce the stress that usually affects the caregivers, due to the continuous effort required and the worry about the patients’ safety. The improved system results from an existing solution that has been re-visited according to the feedbacks obtained from a pilot trial.

Improved solution to monitor people with dementia and support care providers / Raffaeli, Laura; Chiatti, CARLOS JUAN; Gambi, Ennio; Montanini, Laura; Olivetti, Paolo; Paciello, Luca; Rascioni, Giorgio; Spinsante, Susanna. - ELETTRONICO. - 426:(2017), pp. 153-169. [10.1007/978-3-319-54283-6_12]

Improved solution to monitor people with dementia and support care providers

RAFFAELI, Laura;CHIATTI, CARLOS JUAN;GAMBI, Ennio;MONTANINI, LAURA;PACIELLO, LUCA;RASCIONI, GIORGIO;SPINSANTE, Susanna
2017-01-01

Abstract

Assistive Technologies offer the possibility to develop services aimed at improving the Quality of Life of patients and caregivers. Specifically, this work refers to the case of persons with dementia who can live in their homes but need to be assisted. This paper describes a monitoring kit that provides alarms to the caregiver in case of dangerous situations or unusual events detected by the sensors. It is composed by a set of non-intrusive sensors installed within the house, and can be configured in order to best fit with the needs of each patient. The proposed system could have the potentiality to reduce the stress that usually affects the caregivers, due to the continuous effort required and the worry about the patients’ safety. The improved system results from an existing solution that has been re-visited according to the feedbacks obtained from a pilot trial.
2017
Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
9783319542829
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