VA SMART HOME TECHNOLOGY FOR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

The VA Smart Home at the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital in Tampa provides advanced behavioral prompting to veterans with injury related cognitive impairment and their caregivers in order to monitor and improve the quality of health service delivery in three settings: 1) integrated l...

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Published in:Innovation in aging 2017-07, Vol.1 (suppl_1), p.711-711
Main Authors: Phillips, S.L., Scott, S.G., McCarthy, J., Martinez, K.M., Mann, K., Reich, C., Archer, R.G., Kearns, W.
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Language:English
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Summary:The VA Smart Home at the James A. Haley Veterans Administration Hospital in Tampa provides advanced behavioral prompting to veterans with injury related cognitive impairment and their caregivers in order to monitor and improve the quality of health service delivery in three settings: 1) integrated logistical support for multiple caregivers providing care to veterans with TBI considered “emerging consciousness” cases. 2) in-home location and ADL tracking for semi-independent veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 3) an inpatient residential unit that uses location and time-based prompts for activities of daily living (ADL). Each setting poses unique design challenges for specific pervasive monitoring solutions, obviating a “one size fits all” approach. Lessons learned and design considerations will be discussed. Results from longitudinally gathered measures of caregiver burden, task and medication compliance, walking speed, and movement path variability (path tortuosity) will be presented.
ISSN:2399-5300
2399-5300
DOI:10.1093/geroni/igx004.2550