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Taking care of an elder with cognitive impairment is not an easy task. The caregiver needs to be aware of what surrounds the elder at all times to be able to prevent, avoid or manage any event that may affect the elder’s quality of life. Based on an observational study to improve our understanding regarding the care practices of a nursing home, we proposed a system for context-aware notifications, aiming at increasing caregivers’ awareness about elders’ situations of care. The main feature of the system architecture is that it considers both the Situation of Care of Elders and the Situation of Caregivers to setup notifications. The results of an initial evaluation in a nursing home are promising. During the evaluation period, caregivers perceived an increase in their awareness of the situations of care and a safer working environment regarding the provided quality of care.
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Nava-Muñoz, S., Morán, A.L., Meza-Kubo, V. (2010). Context-Aware Notifications: A Healthcare System for a Nursing Home. In: Tsihrintzis, G.A., Damiani, E., Virvou, M., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Intelligent Interactive Multimedia Systems and Services. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14619-0_23
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