Communication Support System Between Persons with Dementia and Family Caregivers using Memories
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Persons with dementia have lost important memories, and their caregivers are exhausted by caring for them, especially family caregivers. We aim to support persons with dementia recall memory by talking about their memories together, place them in their life history, and communicate with their caregivers. The proposed system uses photographs as triggers for memory recollection. The demonstration verified that recollection support of memory using photographs is promising as triggers for conversation and organization of memory, while further revisions are
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