A medication adherence monitoring system for people with dementia

摘要

Due to forgetfulness, people with dementia need assistive technologies for managing medications. In this paper we present a Kinect-based smart system for unobtrusive medication adherence monitoring of people with memory-degrading conditions. Unlike existing pill dispensers, our system not only reminds a patient on time of medicine intake and provides the corresponding medication dose, but also vocally guides the patient through the steps of medication intake, controlling correctness and completeness of his actions and alerting the caregiver if problems occur. The experimental evaluation of prototype system shows that it effectively monitors medication adherence and is very easy to use.