TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of a prototype of the mimamori-care system for persons with dementia
AU - Sugihara, Taro
AU - Nakagawa, Kenichi
AU - Fujinami, Tsutomu
AU - Takatsuka, Ryozo
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - We aim to clarify the requirements for the mimamori-care system in the group home to support caregivers who take care of persons with dementia (PWD). We investigated the effects of the prototype, which consists of several cameras and monitors, by interviewing eleven caregivers. We found that the prototype system not only helps the caregivers to watch out the people with dementia but also removes some stress caused by taking excessive precaution to residents' behaviors. Caregivers however reported some concerns to the violation of privacy as for the caregivers themselves and the residents alike.
AB - We aim to clarify the requirements for the mimamori-care system in the group home to support caregivers who take care of persons with dementia (PWD). We investigated the effects of the prototype, which consists of several cameras and monitors, by interviewing eleven caregivers. We found that the prototype system not only helps the caregivers to watch out the people with dementia but also removes some stress caused by taking excessive precaution to residents' behaviors. Caregivers however reported some concerns to the violation of privacy as for the caregivers themselves and the residents alike.
KW - Caregivers' work stress
KW - Group home
KW - Mimamori-care system
KW - Persons with Dementia
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-85565-1_104
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-85565-1_104
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:57749178800
SN - 3540855645
SN - 9783540855644
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 839
EP - 846
BT - Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems - 12th International Conference, KES 2008, Proceedings
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 12th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, KES 2008
Y2 - 3 September 2008 through 5 September 2008
ER -