Use and Adoption of an Assisted Cognition System to Support Therapies for People with Dementia
Joint Authors
Navarro, René F.
Rodríguez, Marcela D.
Favela, Jesús
Source
Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-08-25
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The cognitive deficits in persons with dementia (PwD) can produce significant functional impairment from early stages.
Although memory decline is most prominent, impairments in attention, orientation, language, reasoning, and executive functioning are also common.
Dementia is also characterized by changes in personality and behavioral functioning that can be very challenging for caregivers and patients.
This paper presents results on the use and adoption of an assisted cognition system to support occupational therapy to address psychological and behavioral symptoms of dementia.
During 16 weeks, we conducted an in situ evaluation with two caregiver-PwD dyads to assess the adoption and effectiveness of the system to ameliorate challenging behaviors and reducing caregiver burden.
Evaluation results indicate that intervention personalization and a touch-based interface encouraged the adoption of the system, helping reduce challenging behaviors in PwD and caregiver burden.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Navarro, René F.& Rodríguez, Marcela D.& Favela, Jesús. 2016. Use and Adoption of an Assisted Cognition System to Support Therapies for People with Dementia. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100056
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Navarro, René F.…[et al.]. Use and Adoption of an Assisted Cognition System to Support Therapies for People with Dementia. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100056
American Medical Association (AMA)
Navarro, René F.& Rodríguez, Marcela D.& Favela, Jesús. Use and Adoption of an Assisted Cognition System to Support Therapies for People with Dementia. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1100056
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1100056