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, at lower costs to health and welfare organisations. This book reveals how pervasive healthcare technologies can be designed in conjunction with users and carers, as well as exploring the application of novel methods and technologies. INDICE: 1. Supporting People with Dementia using Pervasive Healthcare Technologies 2. Prevalence and Clinical Features of Dementia3. State of the Art inElectronic Assistive Technologies for People with Dementia4. Review of ICT-based Services for Identified Unmet Needs in People with Dementia5. Assistive Technologies and Issues Relating to Privacy, Ethics and Security6. Identifying User Needs and the Participative Design Process7. Managing the Transition from User Studies to Functional Requirements to Technical Specification8. Dementia-related and Other Factors to be Taken into Account When Developing ICT-supportfor People with Dementia9. The Role of Context-Aware Computing in Support of People with Dementia10. Prototyping Cognitive Prosthetics for People with Dementia11. ICT Interface Design for Ageing People and People with Dementia12. Practical Issues when Planning for Field Trials13. Evaluation of Cognitive Prosthetics14. Measuring the Impact of Cognitive Prosthetics on the Daily Life of People with Dementia and Their Carers15. Technology and Dementia: The Way Ahead.

• ISBN: 978-1-84882-550-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 256
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés