Greg has posted a very interesting video on quality of life techology.
Blue Roof Technologies has designed robotic houses in an area right outside of Pittsburgh that assist in the care of Alzheimer's patients and the video shows how a family will use the technology to live independently. The caregiver has a spinal cord injury, her son has cerebral palsy and her mom has Alzheimer's. The "quality of life" technology used is interesting: it's been developed to watch how an Alzheimer's patient goes about his/her day and then tracks the activities to monitor things such as taking medication. Robots can take care of the monitoring and notify the caregiver if needed to intervene. Several universities are involved in the project.
This is just a brief explanation - go on over and check out Greg's links about this fascinating project.
2 comments:
wow thanks Ruth!
Greg- It's a great link. I had no idea the technology was so advanced that they were able to use it for Alzheimer's patients in those ways. Fascinating stuff, thanks.
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