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International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living

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IWAAL 2016, AmIHEALTH 2016, UCAmI 2016: Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence pp 40–45Cite as

Ambient Displays to Assist Caregivers Monitoring the Sleep of People with Dementia

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Ambient displays provide peripheral awareness of an event or situation of importance, but not critical. One such situation is monitoring the sleep of people with dementia (PwD). They frequently exhibit problematic behaviors at night, such as waking up often or wandering, which cause significant burden to caregivers. In this paper we propose the use of ambient displays for caregivers in a geriatric residence to be aware of the sleep of PwD. We report the results of a user study conducted in a geriatric residence to determine potential applications of ambient displays. From an ethnographic analysis of the data gathered in the study we derive design insights and application scenarios. We validated these results with caregivers who work in two geriatric residences.

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  1. Computer Science Department, CICESE, Ensenada, Mexico

    Carlos A. Alemán & Jesús Favela

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Correspondence to Carlos A. Alemán .

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  1. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

    Carmelo R. García

  2. Departamento de Estadistica, Universidad La Laguna, La Laguna, Spain

    Pino Caballero-Gil

  3. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    Mike Burmester

  4. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain

    Alexis Quesada-Arencibia

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Alemán, C.A., Favela, J. (2016). Ambient Displays to Assist Caregivers Monitoring the Sleep of People with Dementia. In: García, C., Caballero-Gil, P., Burmester, M., Quesada-Arencibia, A. (eds) Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence. IWAAL AmIHEALTH UCAmI 2016 2016 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10070. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48799-1_5

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