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Tutorial/Training
Workshop 2: Technology in the care of the older person
Duration:
Half-Day
1:30 pm. - 5:00 pm., 9th July (Wednesday)
Instructors:
Dr. Jer En Lee
Associate
Consultant Geriatrician
Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
Dr. Philip Yap
Consultant Geriatrician
Alexandra Hospital, Singapore
Mr. Foo Siang Fook, Victor
Senior Research Officer
Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Dr. Jit Biswas
Senior Scientist
Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore
Registration Fee:
Conference Participant - SGD$90
Non-Conference Participant - SGD$150
Registration:
To register for the workshops/tutorial, please download the WORKSHOP
registration form, and fill the required information and fax to the
conference secretariat at (65) 63567471.
Participants can still register and make payment onsite at the
workshop, using cash or credit card. For assistance or any problems
with registration, please kindly contact the conference secretariat.
IEEE HEALTHCOM 2008 Conference Secretariat:
Integrated Meeting Specialist
Tel: +65 6356 4727 / +65 6356 7545
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Email: healthcom@inmeet.com.sg
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NB: The online registration was closed on 23rd June due to logistic
purposes.
Tutorial/Training
Workshop
Outline
With an ageing population in many
countries worldwide, it has become increasingly important to
cater to the social, physical and medical needs of the older
person. This workshop aims to help one understand the profile
and needs of the elderly, with a special emphasis on enhancing
his functional independence and quality of life even in old age,
and improving the quality of geriatric care with technology.
Examples of on-going research collaborations between a health
care institution and a technology/ engineering based research
organization are showcased.
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tutorial/training workshop will consist of the following
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Understanding the older person – Dr Jer-En Lee, Alexandra
Hospital, Singapore |
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Using technology to enhance care for the older person –
Dr Philip Yap, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore |
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Ongoing research collaborations between Alexandra Hospital
and Institute for Infocomm Research in using technology to
improve geriatric care – Mr Victor Foo Siang Fook, Institute
for Infocomm Research, Singapore |
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Technically challenging research issues in activity
recognition and behavior understanding for dementia patients
– Dr Jit Biswas, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore |
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Abstract
for Session 1:
Understanding the older person
The growing population of elderly patients poses challenges to
current systems of care worldwide. Older adults undergo many
physiological changes, and the sociodemographic trend facing older
adults will transform the face of aging. Understanding of the
problems faced by the elderly, their diverse needs and the goals of
care will be vital in formulating solutions towards aging
successful.
About
the Instructor
Dr. Jer-En Lee is trained in Geriatrics and has interests in acute
geriatric care as well as rehabilitation of older adults. His
exposure in various settings of care in the elderly from the
community to acute care gives opportunities to exploit technology in
these diverse settings. He sat in the electronic prescription system
advisory committee in Alexandra Hospital. He works with both I2R and
Astar, seeking opportunities to transform the current delivery of
care in the elderly.
Abstract
for Session 2:
Using Technology to enhance care in the older person
The key to using technology in the care of the older person lies
in understanding his needs with the overall goal of maintaining
independence and enhancing quality of life. These needs can revolve
around ensuring safety, facilitating day-to-day living, meeting
physical and healthcare needs, as well as socio-psychological needs.
The needs of caregivers of frail older persons must also be
considered. Effective solutions can only be achieved by close
collaboration between end-users, healthcare professionals and
technology engineers. The talk will review some of the key
developments in these areas and set the agenda for the future.
About
the Instructor
Dr. Philip Yap, trained in internal medicine and a specialist in
geriatric medicine, is a consultant geriatrician with the Dept of
Geriatric Medicine in Alexandra Hospital. He is also an adjunct
clinical lecturer with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National
University of Singapore. He has a keen interest in both the
biomedical and social aspects of ageing, especially in the areas of
dementia, end of life care, support of caregivers of elderly
patients and the use of technology in geriatric care. He presently
sits on the committees of the Alzheimer’s Association of Singapore,
the National Dementia Network at the Ministry of Health and the
board of the Exelon Advisory Nucleus Team of Novartis.
Abstract
for Session 3:
Ongoing research collaborations between Alexandra Hospital and
Institute for Infocomm Research in using technology to improve
geriatric care
Agitated behavior is common in persons with
dementia, and one of the challenges faced by doctors and caregivers
is the detailed and continuous monitoring of such persons. With the
use of modern sensor networking technology, and system directed
observation, objective outcomes may be expected and with removal of
the manpower requirement, evaluation can be continuous and need no
longer be confined to clinical settings.
Our main emphasis in this portion of the Workshop will be on
specific projects looking into technologies that support Geriatric
care. We will begin with a feasibility study that we conducted in
2006, whereby we put together an observational system composed of
multiple sensors of different modalities, in order to collect data
from dementia patients in a hospital ward. Through this feasibility
study (the SOAPD project), we gathered data to help in the automated
detection of the onset of agitation in dementia patients, eventually
increasing recognition success rates. This project paved the way to
other projects in the area of sleep monitoring, continence
management and tele-physiotherapy for elderly patients. We will
briefly touch upon all these ongoing projects.
About
the Instructor
Mr. Victor Foo Siang Fook is a Senior Research Engineer in
Networking Protocols Department at the A*Star Institute for Infocomm
Research (I2R), Singapore. He received the Bachelor of Engineering
degree and Master of Engineering degree from National University of
Singapore in 1997 and 1999 respectively. He has published more than
20 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings, and has
worked on many prototypes and projects. In the past, he has written
working draft for IETF standard group, worked on Singapore-One
nationwide broadband network, developed an Automated Internet
Monitoring System@AIMS ultimately licensed to a company and worked
on a nationwide dynamic optical network research testbed in
Singapore. His recent work involves developing and deploying smart
sensor-based healthcare prototypes in hospital and nursing homes.
His research interests include context awareness,
mobile/wireless/optical/sensor networks and machine learning.
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Abstract
for Session 4: Technically
challenging research issues in activity recognition and behavior
understanding for dementia patients
We envision a future where software and algorithms will be
tailored and personalized towards the recognition and assistance of
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) of the elderly. This presentation
will focus on some of the challenging aspects of using technology to
aid early dementia patients in daily living activities. It has been
observed that due to problems with cognition, the behavior of these
patients is not always rational, especially in the carrying out of
planned tasks. In our work we are investigating ways of providing
memory and cognitive compensation for dementia patients through
automated means of monitoring activities and inferring behavioral
patterns from those activities.
About
the Instructor
Dr Jit Biswas is a Senior Scientist in the
Networking Protocols Department at the A*Star Institute of Infocomm
Research (I2R), Singapore, where he is working on Healthcare
applications using Ambient Intelligence and Sensor Networking
technologies. His areas of expertise include Healthcare Information
Technology, Feature extraction and pattern classification in
healthcare, Sensor networks Information Quality, Monitoring and
surveillance using multi-modal sensor information fusion, Policy
based management, network management, Quality of Service in
Internet, Context Awareness, Smart homes and smart spaces. Dr Biswas
has a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas
at Austin, USA. |
