A review of the role of assistive technology for people with dementia in the hours of darkness.
A review of the role of assistive technology for people with dementia in the hours of darkness.
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10.3233/thc-2009-0553
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2009-01-01
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Jeffers, W P
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Carswell, W;McCullagh, P J;Jeffers, W P
辅助技术（AT）已被用于支持痴呆症（PwD）患者及其家庭护理人员。这种支持可以延长残疾人可以安全地留在家中的时间，并减轻三级医疗保健部门的负担。技术可以帮助人们在黑暗的时间，以及在白天。本文献综述的目的是评估报告的医疗技术适合夜间护理。本文对现有的证据基础进行了总结和分类。总之，从数据库检索中返回了131篇摘要，产生了54篇详细考虑的相关论文。虽然夜间特定研究确定了很少的论文（4篇论文，7%），但大多数更一般的AT研究结果可用于夜间援助。研究已经使用技术进行提示和提醒，因为时间损失和健忘是主要问题;用于在传感器丰富的环境中监测日常活动，并利用位置感知技术提供信息以提高安全性。技术还支持一系列疗法来缓解症状。治疗方法包括提供音乐和家庭照片用于回忆，使用光疗法来增强健康，以及提供心理任务来刺激大脑并保持活动水平。
Assistive Technology (AT) has been utilized to support people with dementia (PwD) and their carers in the home. Such support can extend the time that PwD can remain safely at home and reduce the burden on the tertiary healthcare sector. Technology can assist people in the hours of darkness as well as during the day. The objective of this literature review is to evaluate reported healthcare technologies appropriate to night time care. This paper summarises and categorises the current evidence base. In all, 131 abstracts were returned from a database search, yielding fifty four relevant papers which were considered in detail. While night-time specific studies identified very few papers (4 papers, 7%), most of the more general AT findings could be adopted to benefit night-time assistance. Studies have used technology for prompting and reminding as loss of time and forgetfulness are major problems; for monitoring daily activities in a sensor enriched environment and utilised location aware technologies to provide information to enhance safety. Technology also supports a range of therapies to alleviate symptoms. Therapies include the delivery of music and familial pictures for reminiscing, the use of light therapy to enhance wellbeing and the provision of mental tasks to stimulate the brain and maintain activity levels.