CogWatch is a Personal Healthcare System that aims at providing customized and affordable cognitive rehabilitation to stroke patients with Apraxia and AADS in a non-clinically
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2 This paper describes the design of an interactive architecture of a web based Personal Healthcare System for cognitive rehabilitation which will be affordable, customizable and capable of delivering continuous, cognitive rehabilitation at home.
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