Dementiahack-MMPH

Imagine being able to watch and track dementia patients indoors in order to keep track and aid them whenever needed. That is basically the idea of what we tried to do.

The way we were going to do so was by deploying Bluetooth beacons across the indoor environment (in this case we are imaging Houses or Long Term Care Centres). The tracking would then be done via another Bluetooth module on the patience (he/she however doesn't necessarily have to know about it - as it would be added to anything portable they carry around all the time - like a watch, a sock, etc). The beacons then would take to the module and measure how far the patience is from them, and figure out the position of the patience that way using the multiple beacons.

You can then be able to watch how the patience spends their day, how many times have they gone to the washroom, if they are spending all the time in one room, or if they ever go outside of home. Moreover - in a life long care centre - the nurses would be able to better aid patients by knowing where they are when they need them, and helping keep away any potential conflicts between patients and each other or anything else.

We believe the system is very good - and user centred design - for the following reasons;

• the patience has zero interfacing with the system, as they don't need to interface with it at all. They just need to be aided when needed.
• All the interfacing happens with the care giver - if personal then they can use their phones or even tablets and computer. If nurses, chances are they won't be using their personal phones, so they will be using computers and tablets. Either-way, all the forms of the app exist, and it gives the users the notifications needed.
• The technology is very feasible - and cost effective - to implement.
• The life-span of the system is very long - unlike other systems that usually have a short life-span due to the change of the status of the patient.

So yea ... that's it!

P.S. Unfortunately we were never able to finish the project on time, due to many issues - including not having the proper hardware and not being able to use smartphones to implement the idea. Please also note that not all of the coding the team worked on was uploaded - as the team felt a bit unethical uploading non-working code. However, you will find the slides of the idea - as well as a working mock-up of what the application (which allows the care-givers to interact with the system) would have been.

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