ICTs and Older Persons: Artificial Intelligence and Voice Enabled Devices to Assist Dementia Patients in Indian sub continent
Jain Institute of Technology, INDIA
Session 195
Population ageing is a universal global phenomenon and Indian subcontinent is no exception, it has a profound impact on the social, economical and political context. There are nearly 104 million elderly people in India 70% from rural India and 30% from urban areas. The increasing number of older persons put a strain on health care and social care systems in the country. Old age comes with a lot of disturbances, misplacing objects, memory lapses, forgetting recent events, anxiety, depression, changing moods. Dementia is one form of progressive mental deterioration increasing rapidly as an epidemic in Indian Subcontinent.
The primary focus of my research is to develop a low cost customized digital assistant that is always available, can assist in multiple tasks and high interaction, hands-free, record conversation, memory lane connecting users to the past. The advent of conversational UI will be beneficial from the viewpoint of assistive technologies. However surprisingly, at present there are not many interventions, practices or proper exposure in the digital realm to support Indian rural community, whether they are a patient, carer or family member.
Dementia is an umbrella term a set of symptoms including memory loss. A person living with dementia will require more and more care as their condition progresses and worsens. However, during the early or mildest stage of dementia, there are a number of things that can be done to help the person to maintain as much of their independence as possible, and help to keep their brain active.
Conclusion: Our Application gives advice and approach to communicate, talk, listen to mid to late-stage dementia who may be anxious or upset and sometimes needs guidance or tips on acting with specific situations.
He has organised workshop at International Telecommunication Union (ITU), WSIS forum-2018 at Geneva, Switzerland.He visited St. Petersburg University, Russia, Singapore Management University, Singapore and delivered his speech.He presented his work at ITU Forum "Internet of Things: future applications and services. Perspective 2030"4th ITU Workshop on Network 2030 (St. Petersburg, Russia, 21-23 May 2019).His contribution to International Police organisation (INTERPOL) Artificial Intelligence for Law enforcement at Interpol World 2019 Singapore. He recieved International Achievement Award in 2019. He Attended meetings of Focus Groups FG-Distributed Ledger Technology, FG-ML and FG-DFS, Switzerland. He has contributed to UN-Habitat Cities 2030, Kulu-Lumpur for Smart city and technology.He is a consistent Contributor to United Nations-ITU and other Specialized agency on Invite.
He is a Specialist for Sustainable Enterprise Development and Job Creation at the
International Labour Organization (ILO).
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