Virtual Reality Visuospatial Assessment as a Predictor of Mild Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Submitted: April, 2010
Visuospatial perception-the ability to process and interpret visual informa-tion about where one is in relation to his or her environment-becomes impaired in people with Alzheimer's disease. Deficits in this ability can contribute to disorientation, difficulty performing daily activities and loss of independence. Albert Rizzo, Ph.D., and colleagues are investigating the utility of virtual reality (VR) technology for assessing visuospatial perception.

Personal Health Management Assistant
Submitted: April, 2010
Project HealthDesign support pioneers in health information technology to design next-generation personal health record (PHR) systems. A July 2006 call for proposals generated more than 165 applications from technology pioneers across the country. The grant team will design a Personal Health Management Assistant tool intended to assist patients diagnosed with heart failure and heart disease (HF/HD) in self-managing their condition at home.

CIRCA: High-tech Memories - University of Dundee, Scotland
Submitted: April, 2010
Impaired short-term memory can have severe impact on a person’s conversations, resulting in topics being repeatedly introduced, and giving the appearance that the person is not listening.

Wesley Manor smart residence
Submitted: April, 2010
Provide all types of residents with means of alerting/communicating with staff

Intelligent Environment for Older Adults with Dementia
Submitted: April, 2010
The goal of this project is to develop a system that can autonomously monitor the actions of a user during common ADL and provide intelligent assistance and prompts when errors in completion are detected.

Presbyterian Pilot Project~ Cost effective holistic innovations in providing technology solutions.
Submitted: April, 2010
A state-of-the-art and technologically advanced Parkinson's disease movement impairment residence that is serving as a national model in the care and treatment of Parkinson's and other movement impairment diseases both on campus and within the community.

House_n
Submitted: April, 2010
MIT research group developing proactive health technologies for the home

Context Aware Devices to Support Independence
Submitted: April, 2010
Intelligent, computer-based devices that support older adults and others with memory deline, by using wireless sensor networks to determine when reminders of daily activities are needed, and generating personalized reminders as appropriate.