Sean-Ryan Smith
ABSTRACT
For individuals with cognitive impairment (CI), the inability to effectively perform mental tasks required for independent daily living can severely limit one's functionality in their daily living. The overarching goal of this dissertation is to develop an online just-in-time assessment of an individual's cognitive state in a way that is the least intrusive but is situated in the relevant contexts and3asks at hand, e.g., taking medication, driving or filing in tax. This assessment is then fed into recommended tasks that the users are most likely to be able to do. The biggest challenge in this work is determining the best combination and timing of the administration of the cognitive assessments as the recommendation will be only as good as the reliability and validity of the assessment results. I will first recruit and screen individuals with CI from a stroke and disability learning center. Through standardized requirement gathering methodologies, I will assess the user needs and explore system design requirements. Furthermore, system development, user testing, and analysis will be conducted following user driven design methodologies. Long-term system deployment for user testing in natural settings and contexts will be concluded for final analysis and reporting results.
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Index Terms
- Just-in-time cognitive assessment and task recommendation for individuals with cognitive impairments
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