AUGMENTED REALITY: SUSTAINING AUTONOMOUS WAY-FINDING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OLDER PERSONS WITH COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
K. Sejunaite ◽  
C. Lanza ◽  
S. Ganders ◽  
A. Iljaitsch ◽  
M.W. Riepe
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Directional Information ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Way Finding ◽  
Correct Path ◽  
Willingness To Use

Background: Impairment of autonomous way-finding subsequent to a multitude of neurodegenerative and other diseases impedes independence of older persons and their everyday activities. Objective: It was the goal to use augmented reality to aid autonomous way-finding in a community setting. Design: A spatial map and directional information were shown via head-up display to guide patients from the start zone on the hospital campus to a bakery in the nearby community. Setting: Hospital campus and nearby community. Participants: Patients with mild cognitive impairment (age 63 to 89). Interventions: A head-up display was used to help patients find their way. Measurements: Time needed to reach goal and number of assists needed. Results: With use of augmented reality device, patients preceded along the correct path in 113 out of 120 intersections. Intermittent reassurance was needed for most patients. Patients affirmed willingness to use such an augmented reality device in everyday life if needed or even pay for it. Conclusion: Augmented reality guided navigation is a promising means to sustain autonomous way-finding as a prerequisite for autonomy of older persons in everyday activities. Thus, this study lays ground for a field trial in the community using assistive technology for older persons with cognitive impairment.

Technology use to improve everyday occupations in older persons with mild dementia or mild cognitive impairment: A scoping review

2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (10) ◽  
pp. 555-565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann-Helen Patomella ◽  
Meryl Lovarini ◽  
Eva Lindqvist ◽  
Anders Kottorp ◽  
Louise Nygård
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Older Persons ◽  
Mild Dementia

Gamification in Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment

2021 ◽  
pp. 112-131
Author(s):  
Vitor Simões-Silva ◽  
Susana Alexandra Mendonça Gregório ◽  
Tarcisio de Tarco Moura Luz ◽  
Ana Francisca Casinhas Coutinho Lapa ◽  
António Marques
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Attention Memory ◽  
Anxiety Depression

The following chapter will address the use of gamification (specifically serious games), as well as its results and conditions of use, as an assessment and intervention tool for people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia diagnosis. These games are effective for cognitive skills, such as attention, memory, executive functions, and speed processing. Besides this, physical (related to motor coordination and movement), social, psychological, and emotional (related to motivation, anxiety, depression, and stress) skills can be improved by serious games. It will be considered the contexts of the use of different games, such as Episodix, Panoramix, and some other games that are applied as serious games, like exergames. Besides, it will be also referred the different platforms associated with these games, such as mobile applications, videogames, virtual reality, and augmented reality.

scholarly journals Naturalistic Assessment of Everyday Activities and Prompting Technologies in Mild Cognitive Impairment

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 442-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana M. Seelye ◽  
Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe ◽  
Diane J. Cook ◽  
Aaron Crandall
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Verbal Memory ◽  
Daily Living ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Single Domain ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Amnestic Mci ◽  
Performance Results

AbstractOlder adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) often have difficulty performing complex instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), which are critical to independent living. In this study, amnestic multi-domain MCI (N = 29), amnestic single-domain MCI (N = 18), and healthy older participants (N = 47) completed eight scripted IADLs (e.g., cook oatmeal on the stove) in a smart apartment testbed. We developed and experimented with a graded hierarchy of technology-based prompts to investigate both the amount of prompting and type of prompts required to assist individuals with MCI in completing the activities. When task errors occurred, progressive levels of assistance were provided, starting with the lowest level needed to adjust performance. Results showed that the multi-domain MCI group made more errors and required more prompts than the single-domain MCI and healthy older adult groups. Similar to the other two groups, the multi-domain MCI group responded well to the indirect prompts and did not need a higher level of prompting to get back on track successfully with the tasks. Need for prompting assistance was best predicted by verbal memory abilities in multi-domain amnestic MCI. Participants across groups indicated that they perceived the prompting technology to be very helpful. (JINS, 2013, 19, 1–11)

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