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State-of-the-art sensors for remote care of people with dementia during a pandemic: A systematic review

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posted on 2022-01-25, 11:35 authored by Chandan Kumar Behera, Joan Condell, Shirin DoraShirin Dora, David S. Gibson, Gerard Leavey
In the last decade, there has been a significant increase in the number of people diagnosed with dementia. With diminishing public health and social care resources, there is substantial need for assistive technology-based devices that support independent living. However, existing devices may not fully meet these needs due to fears and uncertainties about their use, educational support, and finances. Further challenges have been created by COVID-19 and the need for improved safety and security. We have performed a systematic review by exploring several databases describing assistive technologies for dementia and identifying relevant publications for this review. We found there is significant need for appropriate user testing of such devices and have highlighted certifying bodies for this purpose. Given the safety measures imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, this review identifies the benefits and challenges of existing assistive technologies for people living with dementia and their caregivers. It also provides suggestions for future research in these areas.

Funding

Northwest Europe Interreg Programme under project Certification-Dementia (EU Interreg NWE), grant number 98

History

School

  • Science

Department

  • Computer Science

Published in

Sensors

Volume

21

Issue

14

Publisher

MDPI

Version

  • VoR (Version of Record)

Rights holder

© the Authors

Publisher statement

This is an Open Access Article. It is published by MDPI under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Acceptance date

2021-07-02

Publication date

2021-07-08

Copyright date

2021

ISSN

1424-8220

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Shirin Dora . Deposit date: 24 January 2022

Article number

4688