Clare Carroll
Catherine Chiodo
ABSTRACT
Individuals diagnosed with dementia are often most concerned about loss of independence, defined as the ability to continue living in one's own home. Currently, assistive technologies that provide in-home cognitive support for those with degenerative brain diseases have not been widely adopted, and individuals often rely entirely on informal caregivers to aid them in planning and performing the daily activities that allow them to continue living independently. To help these individuals, we designed Robin, a conceptual context-aware assistive application that supports independent living for users with cognitive impairments by providing temporally and physically appropriate audio prompting for the routine tasks that are most important for health outcomes and life satisfaction.
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Index Terms
- Robin: Enabling Independence For Individuals With Cognitive Disabilities Using Voice Assistive Technology
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