Local TV station TV Arnhem came to visit the office of ConnectedCare to talk about the involvement of the company in the AAL project MedGUIDE. Both Martijn Vastenburg and Els Dik are interviewed about their involvement in MedGUIDE.

[By Riitta Hellmann January 2019] During the autumn 2018 the MedGUIDE project’s personnel has been working with the creation of an e-learning resource for people with dementia and their caregivers. This caregivers’ resource will provide a wide variety of dementia-related information for both formal and informal caregivers. An important part of the resource will the […]

[By Martijn Vastenburg December 2018]  The preparations for the field trial are in full swing. The devices and sensors are ready to be shipped to the three pilot countries, and the software is being finalized and tested. The field trials in Norway, Cyprus and The Netherlands are expected to start early January 2019.  The sensors […]

[By Helianthe Kort November 23 2018] For the MedGUIDE project we visited one Alzheimer Café in the Netherlands, several times. These cafés are usually organized once every month for persons with Alzheimer and other dementia disorders, for their family and professional cares. Every province in the Netherlands has one or more Alzheimer Café which offers […]

[By Sotia Nicolaou, Oct 10] MedGUIDE blog post During January 2019, the project’s consortium will test MedGUIDE system in home setting environment for the first time.  Nine older adults with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia (primary target group) who deal with polypharmacy issues (use 5 or more medicines per day) will be able to […]

[By Els Dik, Aug, 29] We approach an important moment in the MedGUIDE project. For the first time, we will test the freshly designed MedGUIDE prototype at the home of the senior. The senior receives a little touch screen with MedGUIDE on it and the researcher will install the connected MedGUIDE-sensors in the rooms. Around […]

[by Serge Grisard] In this edition of our blog, we will be reviewing the broad range of variations in the medication reminder solution world, from the most simple to the most assistive. Non-adherence to prescriptions may have multiple sources: inadequate instructions, declining memory, busy schedule, or even a combination of the above. All can have […]

[by Sotia Nicolaou] MedGUIDE pays significant attention to the collection of feedback from all people involved in a case of dementia: older people with memory problems or mild/moderate dementia (primary group), informal caregivers and nurses (secondary group), and doctors and pharmacists (tertiary group). Each group provides their own perspective and needs for the MedGUIDE system; […]

MedGUIDE uses big data analytics to analyze the heterogeneous and distributed streams of monitored data regarding patients with dementia, to establish the baseline of daily life activities and to detect deviations. These deviations represent changes, either sudden or gradual, which may signal progression of symptoms, wellbeing decline or side effects of medication. Dr. Tudor Ciaora, […]

Many IT applications have been developed to support people with dementia and their family and formal caregivers. Unfortunately, many IT applications are not used by them because they do not match their needs and capacities. Therefore, in our study, involving network members and inclusion of people with dementia in the development and design process are […]