Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Health Technologies

Information and communication technologies can provide new paradigms in healthcare provision. In particular, new Pervasive Healthcare technologies can revolutionise the dynamics of healthcare, enabling people to remain at home for longer with lower costs to health and welfare organisations. This boo...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Mulvenna, Maurice D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Nugent, Chris D. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Σειρά:Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing,
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Background
  • Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Healthcare Technologies
  • Prevalence and Clinical Features of Dementia
  • State of the Art in Electronic Assistive Technologies for People with Dementia
  • Review of ICT-Based Services for Identified Unmet Needs in People with Dementia
  • Assistive Technologies and Issues Relating to Privacy, Ethics and Security
  • The Role of the User in the Design Process
  • Identifying User Needs and the Participative Design Process
  • Managing the Transition from User Studies to Functional Requirements to Technical Specification
  • Dementia-Related and Other Factors to Be Taken into Account When Developing ICT Support for People with Dementia – Lessons from Field Trials
  • Pervasive Healthcare Technology
  • The Role of Context-Aware Computing in Support of People with Dementia
  • Prototyping Cognitive Prosthetics for People with Dementia
  • ICT Interface Design for Ageing People and People with Dementia
  • Evaluation and Assessment of Cognitive Prosthetics
  • Practical Issues when Planning for Field Trials
  • Evaluation of Cognitive Prosthetics
  • Measuring the Impact of Cognitive Prosthetics on the Daily Life of People with Dementia and Their Carers
  • Technology and Dementia: The Way Ahead.