A monitoring system for people living with Alzheimer's disease

Neurodegenerative diseases affect millions of people worldwide, and Alzheimer's disease is one of the most common types. Alzheimer's disease and other dementias have a deep impact not only to those who are diagnosed but also on the people who are close to them and society as a whole. Various researchers and companies have proposed products that aid towards relief for these people. We noticed that there are plenty of products, which are targeting to patients' safety, although there is a gap: there is no link between the products and the needs of caregivers, while at the same time most of the products do not protect sufficiently patient' s personal data. We designed a complete system to monitor and record patient's locations, heart rate and sleep which organizes the way that the caregivers comprehend and satisfy patient's needs. In this paper, we present a monitoring system for people living with Alzheimer's disease. This system consists of a wearable and an Android application. It can be used from every involving actors. Our system developed thanks to the close and constant communication with patients and their caregivers in an outpatient clinic for dementia and memory loss by a team of engineers and doctors. The evaluation results lead to rate the significance of our system.