Managing Elders’ Wandering Behavior Using Sensors-based Solutions: A Survey
Wandering is one of the most frequent, problematic, and injurious behaviors of elderly people with dementia. It often leads to negative consequences such as falling and getting lost. With increasing proliferation of sensing, communication, and computing techniques, inexpensive technological solution...
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doaj-98a1a07f52884864af58581470647ae12020-11-25T00:27:25ZengTaiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM)International Journal of Gerontology1873-95982014-06-0182495510.1016/j.ijge.2013.08.007Managing Elders’ Wandering Behavior Using Sensors-based Solutions: A SurveyQiang Lin0Daqing Zhang1Liming Chen2Hongbo Ni3Xingshe Zhou4Shaanxi Key Lab of Embedded System Technology, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, ChinaShaanxi Key Lab of Embedded System Technology, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, ChinaSchool of Computer Science and Informatics, De Montfort University, Leicester, United KingdomShaanxi Key Lab of Embedded System Technology, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, ChinaShaanxi Key Lab of Embedded System Technology, School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, ChinaWandering is one of the most frequent, problematic, and injurious behaviors of elderly people with dementia. It often leads to negative consequences such as falling and getting lost. With increasing proliferation of sensing, communication, and computing techniques, inexpensive technological solutions have been developed to tackle problems associated with wandering. In this article, we review field research and technological solutions on wandering in the context of assisted living for the elderly. Specifically, we present the most cited definition and classification for wandering proposed in wandering behavior research. We further examine existing solutions for managing wandering in terms of our proposed categorization of wandering research, namely event monitoring-based wandering discovery, trajectory tracking-based wandering detection, and location combined with Geofence-based prevention of wandering-related adverse results. Based on the definition, categorization, and the state of the art, we discuss the major research challenges and future directions in detecting wandering locomotion in different settings. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first survey on wandering and technological solutions in this niche area of ambient assisted living.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959814000295people with dementiawandering behaviorwandering detectionwandering evaluation |
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Managing Elders’ Wandering Behavior Using Sensors-based Solutions: A Survey |
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Managing Elders’ Wandering Behavior Using Sensors-based Solutions: A Survey |
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Managing Elders’ Wandering Behavior Using Sensors-based Solutions: A Survey |
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Managing Elders’ Wandering Behavior Using Sensors-based Solutions: A Survey |
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managing elders’ wandering behavior using sensors-based solutions: a survey |
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Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) |
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International Journal of Gerontology |
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1873-9598 |
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2014-06-01 |
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Wandering is one of the most frequent, problematic, and injurious behaviors of elderly people with dementia. It often leads to negative consequences such as falling and getting lost. With increasing proliferation of sensing, communication, and computing techniques, inexpensive technological solutions have been developed to tackle problems associated with wandering. In this article, we review field research and technological solutions on wandering in the context of assisted living for the elderly. Specifically, we present the most cited definition and classification for wandering proposed in wandering behavior research. We further examine existing solutions for managing wandering in terms of our proposed categorization of wandering research, namely event monitoring-based wandering discovery, trajectory tracking-based wandering detection, and location combined with Geofence-based prevention of wandering-related adverse results. Based on the definition, categorization, and the state of the art, we discuss the major research challenges and future directions in detecting wandering locomotion in different settings. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first survey on wandering and technological solutions in this niche area of ambient assisted living. |
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people with dementia wandering behavior wandering detection wandering evaluation |
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