Health management and pattern analysis of daily living activities of people with dementia using in-home sensors and machine learning techniques
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The number of people diagnosed with dementia is expected to rise in the coming years. Given that there is currently no definite cure for dementia and the cost of care for this condition soars dramatically, slowing the decline and maintaining independent living are important goals for supporting people with dementia. This paper discusses a study that is called Technology Integrated Health Management (TIHM). TIHM is a technology assisted monitoring system that uses Internet of Things (IoT) enabled solutions for continuous monitoring of people with dementia in their own homes. We have developed machine learning algorithms to analyse the correlation between environmental data collected by IoT technologies in TIHM in order to monitor and facilitate the physical well-being of people with dementia. The algorithms are developed with different temporal granularity to process the data for long-term and short-term analysis. We extract higher-level activity patterns which are then used to detect any change in patients’ routines. We have also developed a hierarchical information fusion approach for detecting agitation, irritability and aggression. We have conducted evaluations using sensory data collected from homes of people with dementia. The proposed techniques are able to recognise agitation and unusual patterns with an accuracy of up to 80%.
Date Issued
2018-05-03
Date Acceptance
2018-03-26
Citation
PLoS One, 2018, 13 (5), pp.1-20
ISSN
1932-6203
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Start Page
1
End Page
20
Journal / Book Title
PLoS One
Volume
13
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
© 2018 Enshaeifar et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Science & Technology - Other Topics
OLDER-ADULTS
BEHAVIORAL-PATTERNS
ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
ARTN e0195605
Date Publish Online
2018-05-03