A Mobile Assistive Application for People with Cognitive Decline

ITAG 2014, 16 October 2014, Nottingham, UK

A Mobile Assistive Application for People

with Cognitive Decline

EuroCy Innovations - Project EVGIRASKO

Christos Xenakidis, Antonis Hadjiantonis, George Milis

{christos,antonis,george.milis}@eurocyinnovations.com

http://www.eurocyinnovations.com / http://www.evgirasko.eu

http://www.eurocyinnovations.com/eurocy-website/

http://www.eurocyinnovations.com/

http://www.evgirasko.eu/


Introduction - Scope

Applied research

• The challenge of supporting and assisting people adopting available

technology

• Try to find new assistive ways

• Focus on the use of smart devices by people with cognitive decline

(e.g. with Alzheimer symptoms)

Towards:

• Exploring appropriate methodology and tools to develop assistive

applications for people with dementia

• Development of a prototype for pilot testing, and

• Collection of useful data for the development of similar assistive

applications



The challenge

“Alzheimer's Association 2013 Facts and Figures”



The challenge



The challenge



The Challenge

[1]



What our potential users need…

What caregiver needs: • Information • Rest • Financial & Emotional support • Emotional discharge • Personal & Social life

What patients need [1]: • Keep daily routine • Cognitive strengthening • Support in daily activities • Safety (Be Safe & Feel Safe)

[1] Supporting People with Dementia using Pervasive Health Technologies, Maurice

D. Mulvenna, Chris D. Nugent, Northern Ireland: Springer, 2010.



Solutions Focus on Smart Home

Source: Smart Home & Internet http://goo.gl/35aJrR


http://goo.gl/35aJrR


Solutions Focus on Smart Home

But…“Who will pay for all these?”

Source: Smart Home & Internet http://goo.gl/35aJrR


http://goo.gl/35aJrR


Products


http://www.amazon.co.uk/NRS-Healthcare-M31647-Memory-Pendant/dp/B006H4RCQS


Products Products

Total Cost >> 600 €


http://www.amazon.co.uk/NRS-Healthcare-M31647-Memory-Pendant/dp/B006H4RCQS


Combine everything in Alzminder app



Available technology & knowledge

Smart devices

• Smartphones

• Tablets

Accessories

• Hands free, Speakers, Sensors

Software Development Tools

• Visual Paradigm, ArgoUML, etc.

• App Inventor, Eclipse, PhoneGap, Appcelerator, etc.

Rapid & Agile Development methodology

Prototyping

• Throw Away

• Evolutionary



(What searing pain do you cure?)

(Or, what great opportunity do you tap?)

(How many people/organizations feel this pain or provide this

opportunity?)

Alzminder mobile app modes

Administrator / Caregiver

Mode

End User / Senior

Mode



Alzminder Lite (Caregiver Mode)

Create Voice REMINDERS Create CALL Contacts




Create Quiz GAMES Create MUSIC Collections




Set EMERGENCY Number Create PHOTOS Album

with recording/narration



Alzminder Lite (End-User Mode)

Hides all the complexity of Smartphones from the End-User

Guides the user with Voice Instructions

Video demo: http://goo.gl/zxipF3


http://goo.gl/zxipF3


Alzminder Premium Services Demo

Prompts can be triggered

automatically based on user’s

profile history and user’s current

activity recognised using

device’s sensor data

Automatic Prompts




Simple user interaction by

touching big buttons

or alternatively by

shaking the device

for positive answer

combined with auto snooze

Automatic Prompts




Smart reminders

Automatic Prompts



Alzminder Suite Telecare System

Ideal for Family & Relatives, Professionals & Caregiving Centers

Distance Caregiver Control & End User Reporting



We can, it can’t now It can, we can’t now

Big Launcher http://goo.gl/pWDGvY

Easy Reminders & Prompts,

Games, Music,

Focus on AD (No Scroll),

Guidance Voice ,

Remote Control & Reports etc.

Support 40

Languages

Make Fonts Bigger

Cogknow http://cogknow.eu

Funded with

2,7m by EU

2006-2009+

Installed in Android Devices,

No need for a Windows System

Great Scientific

Work & Publications

Hardware

Devices Update, Mobility

Have a Patent

in Europe

Other similar projects &

Competition


http://goo.gl/pWDGvY

http://cogknow.eu/


Results - Analysis

• Prototyping gives us the ability to try new ideas, mainly in the interaction ways with the device (UI)

• Innovative ways to interact with the user with minimal effort • E.g. Prompt: “Today is your daughter’s birthday if you want to call her shake

the device now”

• Prototype tested with MCI patients in Alzheimer Hellas & health professionals find the approach interesting and believe that this can help the patients

• Low implementation & distribution cost



Conclusions – Future work

• Use Rapid Prototyping to test untested areas

• Develop a plethora of mobile applications that replace other technologies

• Distribute mobile applications and collect data from their usage and user’s actions & behavior

• Always respect personal data treat and security considerations

• Make peoples’ life a little better!



EVGIRASKO Project Funding

EuroCy EVGIRASKO (Well Aging) Active & Assisted Living Project is co-financed by

the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) in the context of the Plan for

Entrepreneurship Innovation of the Ministry of Commerce Industry & Tourism,

Republic of Cyprus (SEK-24).



Problem / Opportunity

(What searing pain do you cure?)

(Or, what great opportunity do you tap?)

(How many people/organizations feel this pain or provide this

opportunity?)

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Twitter: @alzminder

[email protected]

G.M EuroCy Innovations Ltd

6 Yiannitson str., Flat 105,

2027, Strovolos, Nicosia, Cyprus

Email: [email protected]

Web: http://www.eurocyinnovations.com

Phone: +357 99587884

Fax: +357 22313876

LOOK FORWARD…

Your children will

thank you for this!



Alzminder Mobile



Alzminder Mobile Premium

Alzminder Premium

in END USER MODE

Listen to End-User Demo at http://youtu.be/CXqOHA78824


http://youtu.be/CXqOHA78824




Alzminder Mobile Premium

Alzminder Premium

in CAREGIVER MODE

Listen to Caregiver Demo at http://youtu.be/IqxsTwLPTMc


http://youtu.be/IqxsTwLPTMc


The COACH Project (Prompt System)



CogKnow System (Daily Needs)



Features Used by Age Group

Source: Pew Research Center



Features Used by Age Group

Source: Pew Research Center


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A Mobile Assistive Application for People with Cognitive Decline