Knowledge-based decision support system to empower caregivers in dementia care

Objective

​It is estimated that 70% of persons with dementia live at home, and most of them are cared for by family members with or without domestic helpers. Without sufficient knowledge and skills, frustration and helplessness may creep in during the course of care. A pressing need of both family members and domestic helpers is dementia-specific information and skills of coping with patients' problem behaviours. The proposed project aims to design and develop a novel IT (Information Technology) driven knowledge based decision support system to assist users in the provision of care to the PWD. With personalized knowledge and skills from our proposed system, caregivers can feel less stressed but more empowered to care for the patients.

Collaborators

1. KTPH

2. IHPC