Agitation Monitoring and Prevention System for Dementia Caregiver Empowerment

Dementia caregiver burden associated with patient agitation is one of the most common reasons for the institutionalization of a person with dementia. We developed an integrative sensing, analytics, modeling, and intervention system that detects early signs of agitation and notifies the caregiver to intervene before escalation.

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