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DementiaDementia

Dr Roger Dr Roger Orpwood Orpwood

Bath Institute of Medical Bath Institute of Medical EngineeringEngineering

University of Bath, UKUniversity of Bath, UK

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The collaborating teamThe collaborating team

Dementia Voice

Housing 21

Bath Institute of Medical Engineering

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User InvolvementUser Involvement

• Discussions with care professionalsDiscussions with care professionals

•• Survey of needs with carersSurvey of needs with carers

•• Discussions with carersDiscussions with carers

•• Evaluations with carers and usersEvaluations with carers and users

Yes

Sometimes“Does the person you care for have difficulty using appliances to prepare food?”

No

No

YesSometimes

“Does the person you care for have problems recognising written signs?”

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Survey of needsSurvey of needs

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Priorities

Cooker & fire usage Cooker & fire usage

Falling Falling

NightNight--time wanderingtime wandering

BathroomBathroom floodingflooding

Forgetting Forgetting keyskeys

Taking Taking medicationmedication

LeisureLeisure activitiesactivities

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Smart house roomsSmart house rooms

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Design philosophyDesign philosophy

Example: Tap monitorExample: Tap monitor

Communication bus

PIR

Reminder unit Level sensor

Tap sensors and water control

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EvaluationsEvaluations

Example: Night lightingExample: Night lighting

Communication bus PIRs

Bed occupancy sensor

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Monitoring user Monitoring user behaviourbehaviour

Example: Cooker Example: Cooker monitormonitor

PIR

Control knob

Reminder unit

Communication bus

Sensors

Sensors

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The BIME Cooker Knob for people with dementia

100oC20

Heating up

Heating up

Boiling

Boiling Boiled dry

Thermal images of a pan boiling on a gas ring

Infra-red sensing

Sensor mounting

Typical raw data

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1 501 1001 1501 2001

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0.000

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CommunicationCommunication

User behaviour House reaction

Get out of bed at night

Wander for a while

Wander for >5 minutes

Get back into bed

Still wandering

Light fade onBed

occupancy sensor

No actionPIR

Reminder via radio to go back to bed

PIR

Light fades off after 3 mins

Bed occupancy

sensor

Care staff intervenePIR

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Complex user Complex user reactionsreactions

Example: Locator for Example: Locator for lost objectslost objects

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Where’s my purse?

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AcknowledgementsAcknowledgements

Smart house developments supported by an EPSRC grant as

part of the EQUAL programme

Some evaluation work supported through the European Commission

5th framework ENABLE project