Aggression and agitation in dementia monitoring

Particularly, dementia, for which Alzheimer`s disease is probably the most well-known form requires long-term care for managing the symptoms associated with negative behavior. These two symptoms are aggression and agitation. Philip Moore of Birmingham City University, UK, and colleagues elsewhere in the UK, in Japan and Spain are busy with the study. The team's preliminary findings suggest that the main challenges lie in the effective realization of IAL. However, achieving this is a primary objective of multi-disciplinary research involving both clinicians and computer scientists who are developing the software and non-invasive sensor technologies that can be implemented in mobile systems. The team points out that regardless of whether specialized sensors are involved in monitoring or a gaming console with its camera and microphone, the issue of processing and tagging the large amounts of data generated for each patient being monitored is an important one for those looking at the context and knowledge locked within.