Cognitive

Assistance

and

Smart

Homes

Hélène PigotDOMUS Laboratory

Sherbrooke University

DOMUS laboratory

Funded in 2001

Members

Sylvain Giroux computer science Hélène Pigot computer science, occupational therapy Bessam Abdulzarak roboticsPhilippe Mabilleau computer science, embedded systemsClaude Caron geobusiness

Reseach assistant

Francis Bouchard

Students

1 Postdoctorat20 Doctorat et MasterStagiaires Internationnaux (France)Projet étudiants– 1er cycle

Collaboration et transfert

Centre de réadaptation de l’Estrie

CollaborationsComputer science

IIT, Institut International des Télécommunications, MontréalEcole Nationale Supérieur des mines de Saint-Etienne, FranceUniversité du Québec à MontréalUniversité du Québec à ChicoutimiFrance TelecomSAP

Computer science applied to medical domainHandicom, Ecole des télécommunications de Paris Sud, EvryLaboratoire TIMC-IMAG, Faculté de Médecine de Grenoble

RehabilitationCentre de réadaptation de l’Estrie (traumatismes crâniens…)Centre Notre-Dame-de-l'Enfant, Sherbrooke (déficience intellectuelle)Centre de recherche Fernand-Séguin, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine (schizophrénie)Institut de gériatrie de l’Université de Sherbrooke

DesignEcole de design industriel, Université de Montréal

Problematic : Social Context

In Quebec, people with cognitive deficits

Dementia : 5.1% of elderlyHead injury : 3000 new cases each yearSchizophrenia : 1% of the populationMental retardation : 3% of the population

Home care

People wish to stay at homeScarcity of resources

Proxy burdenEconomical cost

Needs

Assistance at homeTelehealth

Smart home and home careOBJECTIVES

Facilitate stay at home for people with cognitive impairments

Compensate cognitive deficits thanks to environnemental cues

Appropriated to the contextPersonnalizedAccording to the cognitive deficitsEasy to use

Put caregivers in the loopReduce anxiety and burdenFacilitate communication with caregivers

Prototypes

Archipel

Assistance at home

Activities monitoring

Complex recipes

Smart home cues

Touch screenAudioTangible interface

Experimentation

12 adults with mental retardation

MOBUS

Outdoors assistance

Mobile computing

GPS

Functionnalities

Agenda, Symptoms notebook, Caregiver communicationContextual information

Experimentation

4 + 6 Adults with schizophrenia4 Adults with cognitive deficits

Experi

mentation Lessons

User definition

People with cognitive impairmentsCaregivers

Participative design

Involving users at the beginningTechnology based on users needs

Change in habits

Data collection

Ecological dataLogs, questionnaries

Technology appropriation

Various way of using the technology proposed

ConclusionSmart home used to

Foster autonomySupport caregivers

Various interventionsCognitive assistanceTele healthMedical monitoringMedical staff and families involvment

Scope of the projectUse what existsIntegrate different parts in a wholeInterdisciplinary ResearchBottom-up Research

Thank you

www.domus.usherbrooke.ca

Indoors prototype :

Archipel

Activity monitoring

Complex recipes

Able to use technology

Able to cook unknown recipe

Less advices needed when technology is used

Proud of using technology and cook by themselves

Acceptability from medical staff

Outdoors prototype :

MOBUS

Mobile assistant

Keep it simpleA

ble to use technologyP

roud of using technology

Acceptability from medical staff

Change in habits

DOMUS: a smart home

inside the university

Towards Tomorrow

A dramatic change is needed

Adapt envionment to people with cognitive deficitsAs our society has changed the environment for people with physical and perceptual deficits in 80’s, so we have to do for people with cognitive deficits.

Change our approach in health services while providing continuous and appropriate assistance

To prevent risks To ensure good habits

Cognitive assistance and TeleHealth are part of the solution

Thank you

Architecture

Data

Server

Workstation

Ethernet WirelessIEEE802.11

BluetoothGPS