Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology

Effectiveness of telemedicine: A systematic review of reviews

This review aimed to identify the areas of need that older people have, and the available solutions. In particular, the robotic solutions are explored and critiqued and areas for future development identified. The literature was reviewed for factors that influence admission to nursing home care, and for technological solutions to these factors. The main issues facing older people are physical decline, cognitive decline, health management, and psychosocial issues. Robots exist that may meet some of the identified issues but gaps where robots could be developed include delivering interventions to prevent physical decline occurring and robots with multiple functions, including a range of cognitive stimuli and health education. To reduce barriers to acceptance, robots designed to provide physical and healthcare assistance should have a serious appearance. On the other hand animal-like robots can address psychosocial issues and function like pets. While smart phones and computers can offer some solutions, robots may promote adherence due to a social presence. Robots are being developed to address areas of need in older people, including physical, cognitive, medical and psychosocial issues. However more focus could be placed on developing preventative interventions, multifunctional robots, greater educational content and motivational aspects of appearance and interaction style.

The Role of Healthcare Robots for Older People at Home: A Review

https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/ws/files/11226001/MULVENNA-Review_of_ICT-Based_Services_for_Identified_Unmet_Needs_in_People_with_Dementia.pdf

Review of ICT-Based Services for Identified Unmet Needs in People with Dementia

Acceptance and use of health information technology by community-dwelling elders

Objective: To evaluate a newly developed integrated digital prosthetic, the COGKNOW Day Navigator (CDN), to support persons with mild dementia in their daily lives, with memory, social contacts, daily activities and safety.Methods: A user participatory method was applied in the development process, which consisted of three iterative 1-year cycles with field tests in Amsterdam, Belfast and Lulea . In the successive cycles 16, 14 and 12 persons with dementia and their carers participated. Data on usability were collected by means of interviews, observations, questionnaires, logging and diaries. The CDN prototype consists of a touch screen, a mobile device, sensors and actuators.Results: The evaluation showed that persons with dementia and carers valued the CDN overall as user-friendly and useful. Conclusions regarding the effectiveness of the system in daily life were limited due to insufficient duration of the testing period caused by delays in development and some instability of the final prototype. Conclusion: With the suggested adaptations, the CDN is expected to be a useful tool for supporting community- dwelling persons with mild dementia and their carers.

Usability of a new electronic assistive device for community-dwelling persons with mild dementia.

A user driven approach to develop a cognitive prosthetic to address the unmet needs of people with mild dementia

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Review of ICT-based services for identified unmet needs in people with dementia

Those suffering from mild dementia exhibit impairments of memory, thought and reasoning. It has been recognised that deployment of technological solutions to address such impairments may have a major positive impact on the quality of life and can be used to help perform daily life activities hence maintaining a level of independence. In this paper we present an overview of our current investigations into how technology can be used to improve the quality of life of the ageing person with mild dementia. Specifically, we detail the methodology adopted for our work, outline results attained from a series of workshops to identify user needs and finally present how these user needs have been mapped onto the design of home based assistive technologies.

F. Moelaert

Papers

Review of ICT-Based Services for Identified Unmet Needs in People with Dementia

Usability of a new electronic assistive device for community-dwelling persons with mild dementia.

A user driven approach to develop a cognitive prosthetic to address the unmet needs of people with mild dementia

Review of ICT-based services for identified unmet needs in people with dementia

Home based assistive technologies for people with mild dementia