TY - GEN
T1 - Development of a mimamori-care system for persons with dementia based on the real world-oriented approach
AU - Nakagawa, Kenichi
AU - Sugihara, Taro
AU - Koshiba, Hitoshi
AU - Takatsuka, Ryozo
AU - Kato, Naotaka
AU - Kunifuji, Susumu
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We have been developing a mimamori-care system to monitor persons with dementia (PWD) in group homes based on the real world-oriented approach. This approach is devised by the expansion of a creativity-supported framework between researchers and caregivers. A new finding was acquired from a joint collaboration of the opinion of caregivers and the insight of researchers. Initially, several technical problems were solved in the virtual group home laboratory at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Subsequently, we introduced the system into a real group home, and at present, we continue to improve the system by analyzing the daily events at the site. Some useful effects of this system in dementia care have already been revealed; hence, caregivers can intervene in the problems faced by PWDs on time, and they can support PWD's independence without engaging in excessive care.
AB - We have been developing a mimamori-care system to monitor persons with dementia (PWD) in group homes based on the real world-oriented approach. This approach is devised by the expansion of a creativity-supported framework between researchers and caregivers. A new finding was acquired from a joint collaboration of the opinion of caregivers and the insight of researchers. Initially, several technical problems were solved in the virtual group home laboratory at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Subsequently, we introduced the system into a real group home, and at present, we continue to improve the system by analyzing the daily events at the site. Some useful effects of this system in dementia care have already been revealed; hence, caregivers can intervene in the problems faced by PWDs on time, and they can support PWD's independence without engaging in excessive care.
KW - Dementia care
KW - Groupware design
KW - Support system
KW - Ubiquitous
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-74827-4_157
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-74827-4_157
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:38049029693
SN - 9783540748267
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 1261
EP - 1268
BT - Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems
T2 - 11th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2007, and 17th Italian Workshop on Neural Networks, WIRN 2007
Y2 - 12 September 2007 through 14 September 2007
ER -