Networked interaction therapy: relieving stress in memory-impaired people and their family members.

Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc

ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan.

Published: June 2007

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  • - The proposed solution, Networked Interaction Therapy, aims to reduce stress for memory-impaired individuals and their families by connecting them to community support through the Internet and related technologies.
  • - To evaluate the need and acceptance of this therapy, researchers created short video clips and conducted interviews with caregivers.
  • - The team also tested the concept using low-fidelity mock-ups to gather feedback and improve the service.

Article Abstract

To relieve the stress in the lives of memory-impaired people and their family members, we propose the concept of Networked Interaction Therapy that connects them with community support group members via Internet by utilizing Internet communication, image understanding and sensory-interaction media technologies. To study their need and acceptance for our services, we made short video clips to illustrate our concept, and interviewed the care givers. Based on these studies, we also conducted the experiments with the low-fidelity mock-ups.

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