Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Health Technologies
Information and communication technologies can provide new paradigms in healthcare provision. In particular, new Pervasive Healthcare technologies can revolutionise the dynamics of healthcare, enabling people to remain at home for longer with lower costs
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Maurice D. Mulvenna · Chris D. Nugent Editors
Supporting People with Dementia Using Pervasive Health Technologies
Foreword by June Andrews
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Editors Professor Maurice D. Mulvenna TRAIL Living Lab School of Computing and Mathematics Faculty of Computing and Engineering University of Ulster Shore Road Newtownabbey Northern Ireland, UK BT37 0QB [email protected]
Professor Chris D. Nugent Computer Science Research Institute School of Computing and Mathematics Faculty of Computing and Engineering University of Ulster Shore Road Newtownabbey Northern Ireland, UK BT37 0QB [email protected]
ISSN 1610-3947 ISBN 978-1-84882-550-5 e-ISBN 978-1-84882-551-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-84882-551-2 Springer London Dordrecht Heidelberg New York British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Control Number: 2009943130 © Springer-Verlag London Limited 2010 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms of licenses issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. The use of registered names, trademarks, etc., in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher makes no representation, express or implied, with regard to the accuracy of the information contained in this book and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
You may have picked up this book without knowing what “pervasive computing technology is”. Like me, you might think of using the pervasive technology in your life to find out. There, on the Internet, I discovered about mHealth and the use of mobile electronic devices for supporting public health and health care. I realised that I knew about all of this, all along. I just called it something else. I use my handheld electronic Sudoku to relax and my electronic diary to remember things. My handsfree car phone keeps me in touch with the family and fills in the long hours on the motorway, and lets me leave the office earlier. When I get dementia, which is a 50% possibility if I am lucky enough to reach 95 years old, I want to do as much as possible to care for myself, using technology with which I will be familiar. Even now, when I cannot find my reading glasses, why does my microwave rely on me being able to read the inst
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