TY - GEN
T1 - Gaps between assistive technologies and dementia care
AU - Sugihara, Taro
AU - Fujinami, Tsutomu
AU - Phaal, Robert
AU - Ikawa, Yasuo
PY - 2012/11/1
Y1 - 2012/11/1
N2 - A growing number of people are now entering the elderly age category in Japan; this raises the likelihood of more persons with dementia, as the probability of becoming cognitively impaired increases with age. There is an increasing need for caregivers who are well trained and experienced and who can pay special attention to the needs of people with dementia. Technology can play an important role in helping such people and their caregivers. A lack of mutual understanding between caregivers and researchers regarding the appropriate uses of assistive technologies is another problem. We have described the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT), especially assistive technologies, and social issues as a first step towards developing a technology roadmap.
AB - A growing number of people are now entering the elderly age category in Japan; this raises the likelihood of more persons with dementia, as the probability of becoming cognitively impaired increases with age. There is an increasing need for caregivers who are well trained and experienced and who can pay special attention to the needs of people with dementia. Technology can play an important role in helping such people and their caregivers. A lack of mutual understanding between caregivers and researchers regarding the appropriate uses of assistive technologies is another problem. We have described the relationship between information and communication technology (ICT), especially assistive technologies, and social issues as a first step towards developing a technology roadmap.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867942547
SN - 1890843261
SN - 9781890843267
T3 - 2012 Proceedings of Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology: Technology Management for Emerging Technologies, PICMET'12
SP - 3067
EP - 3072
BT - 2012 Proceedings of Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology
T2 - 2012 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology - Technology Management for Emerging Technologies, PICMET'12
Y2 - 29 July 2012 through 2 August 2012
ER -