In recent years, we have witnessed a rapid surge in assisted living technologies due to a
rapidly aging society. The aging population, the increasing cost of formal health care, the …

People with dementia face a decline of their cognitive functions, including memory
impairment and difficulty to orient in time and space. Assistive applications can ease the …

Dementia is an escalating problem which is estimated to affect 35.6 million people
worldwide. In an environment which is becoming increasingly dependent on technology, the …

Despite the fact many proposals have been made for abstract user interface models it was
not given a detailed context in which it should or could be used in a user-centered design …

Accessible user interfaces are useful for people from a population with the widest range of
capabilities. People with severe impairments primarily benefit from assistive technology …

Recent studies have shown that people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may convert to
Alzheimer's disease (AD) over time although not all MCI cases progress to dementia. The …

Dementia is one of the biggest fears in the process of ageing and the most common cause is
Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Topographic disorientation is an early manifestation of AD and …

1.1 Background Dementia is a syndrome of serious decline of cognitive abilities that exceed
age-related decline. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia …

This chapter focuses on the presentation and discussion of available assistive tools for
people with dementia symptoms and cognitive decline, leading to the conclusion that these …

The Pharos/Autumn 2020 21 medical school and now I am leading TimeSlips sessions with
my classmates at a nearby assisted-living facility. Researchers have found that participating …