Context-aware life-logging for persons with mild dementia

Basel Kikhia; Josef Hallberg; Kåre Synnes; Zaheer ul Hussain Sani

doi:10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334509

Context-aware life-logging for persons with mild dementia

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009:2009:6183-6. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334509.

Authors

Basel Kikhia¹, Josef Hallberg, Kåre Synnes, Zaheer ul Hussain Sani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden. Basel.Kikhia@ltu.se

PMID: 19964896
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2009.5334509

Abstract

The demands of introducing technology to support independent living is increasing. This is true also for persons suffering from mild dementia who may have difficulties remembering important information, such as activities, numbers, names, objects, faces, and so on. This paper presents a context-aware life-logging system, called MemoryLane, which can support independent living and improve quality of life for persons with mild dementia. The system offers both real time support as well as possibilities to rehearse and recall activities for building episodic memory. This paper also presents a mobile client to be used in MemoryLane, as well as an evaluation of the importance of different data for the purpose of memory recollection.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Dementia / complications
Dementia / rehabilitation*
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure Analysis
Humans
Memory Disorders / etiology
Memory Disorders / rehabilitation*
Reminder Systems / instrumentation*
Reproducibility of Results
Self-Help Devices*
Sensitivity and Specificity
User-Computer Interface*