New PDF release: Eldercare Technology for Clinical Practitioners (Aging

By Majd Alwan, Robin Felder

This crucial instruction manual addresses applied sciences detailed on the evaluation, early detection and the mitigation of universal geriatric stipulations. those comprise decline in practical skills, gait, mobility, sleep disturbance, imaginative and prescient impairment, listening to loss, falls, and cognitive decline. This booklet not just describes the nation of either embedded and wearable applied sciences, but in addition specializes in examine displaying the aptitude application of those applied sciences within the box.

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The experimental room has been designed to accommodate patients with Alzheimer’s disease. It is equipped with a set of infrared motion sensors connected to either a wireless or a wired network. Realizing that visual information is very important in activity monitoring and analysis, researchers have developed various video camera systems and visionprocessing algorithms for eldercare. In the Aware Home project at Georgia Institute of Technology, video cameras are used in a research laboratory to capture images of resident’s daily activities, and a user-friendly interface, called Digital Family Portrait, is developed to efficiently visualize the activity data and resident’s health status [78, 79].

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