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Pervasive Electronic Monitoring (PEM) research
Published on 22 July 2021
Malta
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About this good practice
The aim of this project is to increase the quality of life of People with Dementia (PwD) by assisting them in their daily life activities as well as enabling their social engagement with other persons that include care-givers, family members as well as other members within their community.
Investigates how quality of life technology can improve the way formal carers monitor People with Dementia (PwD) and complement caregives’ knowledge. Learning is done through research, organizing several focus groups, controlled experiments and developing prototypes. By using an ageing simulation suit and wearable devices participants are allowed to experience both technology and what it feels to be old and with dementia.
Build a large dataset that will allow researchers to improve the way we recognise human activities of PwD and learn about technology.
Investigates how quality of life technology can improve the way formal carers monitor People with Dementia (PwD) and complement caregives’ knowledge. Learning is done through research, organizing several focus groups, controlled experiments and developing prototypes. By using an ageing simulation suit and wearable devices participants are allowed to experience both technology and what it feels to be old and with dementia.
Build a large dataset that will allow researchers to improve the way we recognise human activities of PwD and learn about technology.
Resources needed
Financial resources and human resources
Evidence of success
Positive feedback was gathered from the participants after each session. Feedback included the fact that they were getting another perspective; having the opportunity to experience the difficulties experienced by people with dementia.
Potential for learning or transfer
This research aims to build a large dataset that will allow researchers to improve the way human activities of PwD are recognised. This will be possible by wearable devices (mobile applications and sensors) that will be worn by healthy participants that simulate specific activities of PwD. This dataset will be used in other research projects to further improve technologies and IT solutions within pervasive ecosystems that are being proposed.
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Organisation
University of Malta
Malta
Malta