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P. Viswanathan, J. J. Little, Alan K. Mackworth, T-V. How, R.H. Wang, and A. Mihailidis. Intelligent Wheelchairs for Cognitively-Impaired Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Review. In Proceedings of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Annual Conference, RESNA 2013, 2013.
Cognitively-impaired older adults in long-term care (LTC) facilities are often excluded from powered wheelchair use because of safety concerns, even when manual wheelchair operation is difficult or impossible. Although several intelligent wheelchairs have been designed recently, and can potentially help restore mobility and independence for cognitively-impaired LTC residents, very few systems have been tested with these users. This paper summarizes the key findings of studies with our target population, identifies research and development challenges, and provides recommendations to overcome these issues. We hope that this paper is able to guide future development and deployment of intelligent wheelchairs in LTC facilities, and thus help improve quality of life for elderly residents with cognitive impairment.
@inproceedings{ViswanathanRESNA2013,
author = {P. Viswanathan and J. J. Little and Alan K. Mackworth and T-V. How and R.H. Wang and A. Mihailidis},
title = {Intelligent Wheelchairs for Cognitively-Impaired Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Review},
booktitle = {Proceedings of Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America Annual Conference, RESNA 2013},
year = {2013},
location = {Bellevue, WA, USA},
abstract={Cognitively-impaired older adults in long-term care (LTC) facilities are often excluded from powered wheelchair use because of safety concerns, even when manual wheelchair operation is difficult or impossible. Although several intelligent wheelchairs have been designed recently, and can potentially help restore mobility and independence for cognitively-impaired LTC residents, very few systems have been tested with these users. This paper summarizes the key findings of studies with our target population, identifies research and development challenges, and provides recommendations to overcome these issues. We hope that this paper is able to guide future development and deployment of intelligent wheelchairs in LTC facilities, and thus help improve quality of life for elderly residents with cognitive impairment.},
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