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Article

I-CARE-An Interaction System for the Individual Activation of People with Dementia

by
Tanja Schultz
1,*,
Felix Putze
1,*,
Lars Steinert
1,
Ralf Mikut
2,
Anamaria Depner
3,
Andreas Kruse
3,
Ingo Franz
4,
Philipp Gaerte
5,
Todor Dimitrov
6,
Tobias Gehrig
7,
Jana Lohse
8 and
Clarissa Simon
8
1
Cognitive Systems Lab, University of Bremen, 28215 Bremen, Germany
2
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
3
Institute of Gerontology, University of Heidelberg, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany
4
Diakonische Hausgemeinschaften Heidelberg e.V., 69126 Heidelberg, Germany
5
Media4Care GmbH, 12047 Berlin, Germany
6
Anasoft Technology AG, 44789 Bochum, Germany
7
Videmo Intelligent Video Analysis GmbH & Co. KG, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
8
AWO Karlsruhe Gemeinnützige GmbH, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Geriatrics 2021, 6(2), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020051
Submission received: 14 March 2021 / Revised: 24 April 2021 / Accepted: 26 April 2021 / Published: 13 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Geriatric Neurology)
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Abstract

I-CARE is a hand-held activation system that allows professional and informal caregivers to cognitively and socially activate people with dementia in joint activation sessions without special training or expertise. I-CARE consists of an easy-to-use tablet application that presents activation content and a server-based backend system that securely manages the contents and events of activation sessions. It tracks various sources of explicit and implicit feedback from user interactions and different sensors to estimate which content is successful in activating individual users. Over the course of use, I-CARE’s recommendation system learns about the individual needs and resources of its users and automatically personalizes the activation content. In addition, information about past sessions can be retrieved such that activations seamlessly build on previous sessions while eligible stakeholders are informed about the current state of care and daily form of their protegees. In addition, caregivers can connect with supervisors and professionals through the I-CARE remote calling feature, to get activation sessions tracked in real time via audio and video support. In this way, I-CARE provides technical support for a decentralized and spontaneous formation of ad hoc activation groups and fosters tight engagement of the social network and caring community. By these means, I-CARE promotes new care infrastructures in the community and the neighborhood as well as relieves professional and informal caregivers.
Keywords: activation for people with dementia; professional and informal caregivers; technical assistance; intelligent services; recommendation system activation for people with dementia; professional and informal caregivers; technical assistance; intelligent services; recommendation system

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Schultz, T.; Putze, F.; Steinert, L.; Mikut, R.; Depner, A.; Kruse, A.; Franz, I.; Gaerte, P.; Dimitrov, T.; Gehrig, T.; et al. I-CARE-An Interaction System for the Individual Activation of People with Dementia. Geriatrics 2021, 6, 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020051

AMA Style

Schultz T, Putze F, Steinert L, Mikut R, Depner A, Kruse A, Franz I, Gaerte P, Dimitrov T, Gehrig T, et al. I-CARE-An Interaction System for the Individual Activation of People with Dementia. Geriatrics. 2021; 6(2):51. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020051

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Schultz, Tanja, Felix Putze, Lars Steinert, Ralf Mikut, Anamaria Depner, Andreas Kruse, Ingo Franz, Philipp Gaerte, Todor Dimitrov, Tobias Gehrig, and et al. 2021. "I-CARE-An Interaction System for the Individual Activation of People with Dementia" Geriatrics 6, no. 2: 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020051

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Schultz, T., Putze, F., Steinert, L., Mikut, R., Depner, A., Kruse, A., Franz, I., Gaerte, P., Dimitrov, T., Gehrig, T., Lohse, J., & Simon, C. (2021). I-CARE-An Interaction System for the Individual Activation of People with Dementia. Geriatrics, 6(2), 51. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics6020051

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