Interactive Drinking Gadget for the Elderly and Alzheimer Patients

David A. Plecher, Christian Eichhorn, Martin Lurz, Nadja Leipold, Markus Böhm, Helmut Krcmar, Angela Ott, Dorothee Volkert, Gudrun Klinker

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Abstract

With this contribution we want to give insights into the development of a drinking gadget which is useable by the elderly and dementia patients with the goal to create an automated drinking protocol. Through the literature and available smart cups, we deduced important strategies for the design of a drinking aid. Our natural solution is integrated into the daily workflow, hence enables the caregivers to react to the needs of the elderly without additional burden. Therefore, we identified some key requirements for both user groups. Furthermore, we integrated aspects of expandability with software, a vision of rich interaction between user/gadget and focused on the convenience during the daily usage to reach the elderly and caregivers alike.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Social Media, Games and Assistive Environments - 5th International Conference, ITAP 2019, Held as Part of the 21st HCI International Conference, HCII 2019, Proceedings
EditorsJia Zhou, Gavriel Salvendy
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages444-463
Number of pages20
ISBN (Print)9783030220143
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2019, held as part of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2019 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 26 Jul 201931 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11593 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2019, held as part of the 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period26/07/1931/07/19

Keywords

  • Alzheimer patients
  • Caregivers
  • Dehydration
  • Dementia
  • Drinking detection
  • Gadgets for elderly
  • Games for elderly
  • Retirement home

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