Evaluating the Possibility of Integrating Augmented Reality and Internet of Things Technologies to Help Patients with Alzheimer’s Disease

The independent life of the individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is compromised due to their memory loss, and as a result they always depend on someone by their side to help them lead their daily life. In this situation, generally, either the family members or the caregivers extend their helping hands; they attach notes on every single object or take out the contents of a drawer, the family might need to make those visible when they leave the patient alone at home. The goal of this study is to provide some helping means for the patient and the family members through existing science and technology. This study reports preliminary results on an Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) real-time system, achieved through Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality (AR) concepts, to fulfil this goal. The system has two main sections: the first one is the smartphone or windows application that allows caregivers/family-members to monitor a patient’s status at home and be notified if patient are at risk. The second part allows patient to use smart glasses to recognize QR codes in the environment and receive information related to the tags in the form of audio, text or three-dimensional image. This work presents preliminary results and investigates the possibility of implementing such a system.