Design of indoor guiding system to improve the care of the elderly with dementia and the wayfinding problem

• Main Authors: SHIH, CHUN-CHI, 施純吉
• Other Authors: TSENG, SHIEH-WUO
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/bnp7v9

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 工業設計系 === 107 === With the aging of the population, the proportion of people with dementia has rapidly increased, and the care of dementia patients has become the biggest problem for caregivers and their families. Patients' cognitive disabilities of space and environment often leads to abnormal behaviors such as path recognition, walking, getting lost or even lost. This study uses Contextual Inquiry to identify potential defects and needs in Long-Term Care Facilities：(1) landmark setting; (2) user-centered guidance service; (3) item position adjustment in the activity space; (4) patient movement monitoring; (5) text, voice, and image interface interaction mode; (6) Guided service design that does not interfere with patient walking. This study combines the Internet of Things technology to design and develop environmental guidance services for patients with dementia. This system will help patients to explore the indoor environment, monitor and record patient movement, so that the Care Facilities can reduce the burden of human resources, and family members can always understand the patient's home movement. Indoor guidance system include the following subsystems: (1) Guide landmarks and interactive systems; (2) Indoor guidance systems; (3) Monitoring systems. The indoor guiding system mainly provides a guiding service tool by the wearable device, so that when the patient moves, the hands can still be used for assistance; The landmark and interactive system guides the patients with dementia to operate, and guides the patient to select the target location, such as the toilet, the pantry, the restaurant and the room, by means of images, voices and text displayed on the tablet, and then transmits the target information to the wearable device, the dementia patient arrives at the destination by the guidance of the wearable device. Dementia patients will use the guidance of the wearable device to arrive the purpose. The monitoring system uses the sensors in the environment to record the patient's intended destination and the actual destination, record it and upload it to the cloud for the caregiver and family members to understand their daily activities, such as drinking water, going to the toilet, eating and going out ( The caregiver and family members will be notified immediately ). The sensor also promptly informs the caregiver when it senses the patient wearing the device in a dangerous place. This study mainly uses the "indoor guidance" for the prototype experience. The prototype includes two parts: "Guide Landmarks and Interactive System" and "Indoor Guidance System", and selects the subjects to experience the service. This study evaluates the results of the experience and uses the results as a recommendation and opportunity for system improvement and production.