Night optimised care technology for users needing assisted lifestyles

Augusto, Juan Carlos; Mulvenna, Maurice; Zheng, Huiru; Wang, H.; Martin, Suzanne; McCullagh, Paul; Wallace, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/0144929x.2013.816773

Cited by 12 publications

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“…Domain 1 presents six papers on technology either for locating persons 32 – 34 or for supporting navigation, 35 , 36 or on how to involve users in the product design of devices for location and navigation. 37 Domain 2 presents 10 papers on technologies for enhancing safe living, with five studies focused on monitoring systems, 19 , 29 , 38 – 40 including two papers particularly describing technology for nighttime security. 38 , 39 Further, one paper investigated “stand-alone” technologies to enhance safe living, 40 and one study investigated user requirements prior to the development of a safety wristband.…”

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“… 37 Domain 2 presents 10 papers on technologies for enhancing safe living, with five studies focused on monitoring systems, 19 , 29 , 38 – 40 including two papers particularly describing technology for nighttime security. 38 , 39 Further, one paper investigated “stand-alone” technologies to enhance safe living, 40 and one study investigated user requirements prior to the development of a safety wristband. 41 …”

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confidence: 99%

“…Many of the studies explicitly aimed to evaluate the usability of the technologies that were explored. 19 , 28 , 38 , 40 , 43 , 47 , 49 , 51 Cavallo et al (2015) found that perceived usability could improve QoL for people with MCI/D and their FCs. 19 Cavallo et al (2015), 19 Leuty et al (2013), 47 and Lindqvist et al (2015) 43 used the same definition as this review regarding usability.…”

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Usability and acceptability of technology for community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic literature review

Holthe¹,

Halvorsrud²,

Karterud³

et al. 2018

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BackgroundThe objective of this review was to obtain an overview of the technologies that have been explored with older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia (MCI/D), current knowledge on the usability and acceptability of such technologies, and how people with MCI/D and their family carers (FCs) were involved in these studies.Materials and methodsPrimary studies published between 2007 and 2017 that explored the use of technologies for community-dwelling people with MCI/D were identified through five databases: MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, AMED, and CINAHL. Twenty-nine out of 359 papers met the criteria for eligibility. We used the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool for quality assessment.ResultsA wide range of technologies was presented in the 29 studies, sorted into four domains: 1) safe walking indoors and outdoors; 2) safe living; 3) independent living; and 4) entertainment and social communication. The current state of knowledge regarding usability and acceptability reveals that even if researchers are aware of these concepts and intend to measure usability and acceptability, they seem difficult to assess. Terms such as “user friendliness” and “acceptance” were used frequently. User participation in the 29 studies was high. Persons with MCI/D, FCs, and staff/other older adults were involved in focus groups, workshops, and interviews as part of the preimplementation process.ConclusionResearch regarding technologies to support people with MCI/D seems optimistic, and a wide range of technologies has been evaluated in homes with people with MCI/D and their FCs. A major finding was the importance of including people with MCI/D and their FCs in research, in order to learn about required design features to enhance usability and acceptability. Surprisingly, very few studies reported on the consequences of technology use with regard to quality of life, occupational performance, or human dignity.

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Usability and acceptability of technology for community-dwelling older adults with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: a systematic literature review

Holthe¹,

Halvorsrud²,

Karterud³

et al. 2018

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“…Lights and a bedside unit which was capable to provide calming music and images were used as actuators. For an overview of this project see [7]. During the Initial Scoping phase different group of stakeholders were interviewed and their views taken into account (the financial constraints from the company, what the NHS organizations and the users considered acceptable services and technology where amongst the most important issues to be balanced).…”

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User-Centric Software Development Process

Augusto

2014

2014 International Conference on Intelligent Environments

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Abstract-The Software Engineering community has produced plenty of recipes on how to build software systems. Through the decades, we have seen a shift from the more structured and organized to the most flexible approaches, lately with emphasis on speed. Although these methods in principle apply to all software, in being generic they may not address specific needs of some areas where systems have special features and demands. We argue in this paper that Intelligent Environments is one such area to be considered and in need of a tailored software development process. We introduce a new software development process and explain how is to be applied in systems of the Intelligent Environments field.

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“…This includes turning them half way (dimmed) when the user gets up from bed during the night. A similar system was used in [9], although that system was more centred on measuring quality of sleep and to detect dangerous situation that threaten the safety of the user. However, the system did not allow for preference personalization.…”

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confidence: 99%