Electronic organiser and Alzheimer's disease: Fact or fiction?

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease characterised by a progressive loss of cognitive functions and impairment of activities of daily living severe enough to interfere with normal functioning. To help persons with this disease perform a variety of activities, our research team developed AP@LZ, an electronic organiser specifically designed for them. Two participants with Alzheimer's disease learned how to use AP@LZ in their daily lives by following a structured learning method. After the learning phase, the participants were able to use AP@LZ efficiently and facilitate their day-to-day activities for several months, despite the steady progression of the disease. These results suggest that persons with Alzheimer's disease can learn to use new technologies to compensate for their everyday memory problems, which opens up new rehabilitation possibilities in dementia care.

Assistive technology for people with dementia: an overview and bibliometric study

“…4,36,37 Other interesting AT research areas in Canada includes the use of electronic organiser for cognitive help and sensors for health care. 7,38 Use of monitoring AT for decreasing fall risk is another focused area for researchers in France and the Netherlands. 36,[39][40][41] Human-like assistive communication robots for the emotional well-being of people with dementia are used in Australia.…”

“…3 This overview is carried out on using assistive technology (AT) for people with dementia. [4][5][6][7] According to Hersh and Johnson, AT is defined as 'a generic term that covers technologies, equipment, devices, apparatus, services, systems, processes and environmental modifications used by disabled and/or elderly people to overcome the social, infrastructural and other barriers to independence, full participation in society and carrying out activities safely and easily'. 8 From the literature, it is noted that the focus of AT research so far has been on the issues related to the wellbeing of people with dementia as well as proposing new technologies to improve this.…”

“…8 From the literature, it is noted that the focus of AT research so far has been on the issues related to the wellbeing of people with dementia as well as proposing new technologies to improve this. 7,9 To the best of our knowledge, there are no studies reported in the literature on analysing the statistics of AT research in different countries specifically in the context of people with dementia. This overview is initiated with the aim to investigate which countries are leading AT research for people with dementia and what are their major contributions.…”

“…© 2017 Health Libraries Group Health Information & Libraries Journal, 34, pp [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. Assistive technology for people with dementia, Ikram Asghar et al13 …”

Assistive technology designed to support self-management of people with dementia: user involvement, dissemination, and adoption. A scoping review

“…These studies were also related, as the COGKNOW solution was integrated in the Rosetta solution. Two studies, AP@LZ (Imbeault et al, 2014), and Alzminder (Xenakidis et al, 2014), presented holistic app solutions comprising a variety of features that could support the user in everyday life, e.g. reminders, information on contacts, medication information, or emergency contacts.…”