Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Health Technologies

Background.- Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Healthcare Technologies.- Prevalence and Clinical Features of Dementia.- State of the Art in Electronic Assistive Technologies for People with Dementia.- Review of ICT-Based Services for Identified Unmet Needs in People with Dementia.- Assistive Technologies and Issues Relating to Privacy, Ethics and Security.- The Role of the User in the Design Process.- Identifying User Needs and the Participative Design Process.- Managing the Transition from User Studies to Functional Requirements to Technical Specification.- Dementia-Related and Other Factors to Be Taken into Account When Developing ICT Support for People with Dementia – Lessons from Field Trials.- Pervasive Healthcare Technology.- The Role of Context-Aware Computing in Support of People with Dementia.- Prototyping Cognitive Prosthetics for People with Dementia.- ICT Interface Design for Ageing People and People with Dementia.- Evaluation and Assessment of Cognitive Prosthetics.- Practical Issues when Planning for Field Trials.- Evaluation of Cognitive Prosthetics.- Measuring the Impact of Cognitive Prosthetics on the Daily Life of People with Dementia and Their Carers.- Technology and Dementia: The Way Ahead.