THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BALANCE: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN USING TECHNOLOGY IN DEMENTIA CARE DYAD
Kuan-Hua Chen, Lyndsey Miller, Allison Lindauer · 2024
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Kuan-Hua Chen, Lyndsey Miller, and Allison Lindauer present a 2024 symposium paper on technology in the lives of dementia care pairs. Most studies track either the patient or the caregiver alone. Yet couples usually live together, sharing sleep, meals, and daily rhythms, so tools that watch the pair make more sense.
Five talks in the session used home sensors, bed mats, smartwatches, and artificial intelligence to follow loneliness, exercise, sleep, and worrying behaviors. Each talk also faced the pitfalls of its method head-on. The editors weigh the good and the bad of wiring a shared home for research. Done well, the data paint a truer picture of care than either partner's diary. Done badly, they burden the very people they aim to help.
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| CREATOR | Kuan-Hua Chen, Lyndsey Miller, Allison Lindauer |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |