Table 2.
Types and uses of Assistive Technology
| Main Use | Type of Assistive Technology | Product Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Activities of Daily Living | Assistive robot – ‘Ed’ - personal computer; microphones, LCD screen, speakers and web cameras [51]; Robotic assistants [76, 83] | Research prototype |
| Leisure and social interaction | Special remote control [58]/ Simple remote control to TV [48, 50, 64] | Commercial Product |
| Wearable sensors [71] | Commercial Product | |
| Robotic Therapy ‘seal’ [67] | Commercial Product | |
| Talking cazette/magazine [58] | Commercial Product | |
|
Telephones: Picture button telephone [46, 58, 75]/ Simple mobile phone [10, 48, 50, 69]/ Photo memory telephone [47]/Easy to use telephone [79] |
Commercial Product | |
| Tablet computer [42, 70, 80] /MP3 player [89] | Commercial Product | |
| Memory support | Memory aid [58, 88]/Memory games [87]/Information on village they live in [87]/Cognitive stimulation exercises [88] | Research prototype |
| Memory Message [48, 57] | Commercial Product | |
| Timer to coffee machine [48, 50] | Research prototype | |
|
Locators: Object locator [50]/ Lost item locator [35, 46, 75]/Locating technologies [81] |
Commercial Product | |
| Memory support and Orientation | Forget-Me-Not Calendar [57] | Commercial Product |
| Message box connected to coffee machine [50] | Research prototype | |
| Information retrieval system [63] | Commercial Product | |
| Reminiscence tools [10, 69] | Research prototype | |
|
Clocks and calendars: Electronic orientation clocks [10, 69]/ Night and Day Calendar [46, 48, 57, 75, 85]/ automatic day and date calendar [48]/automatic calendar [49, 50]/ Digital calendar with remote control [50]/ Memory clock [48, 50]/ |
Commercial Product | |
| Memory support; Orientation; Safety and security | MeDose watch [57] | Commercial Product |
| Integrated Rosetta system: Elderly Day Navigator + The early Detection System + Unattended autonomous surveillance system [90] | Research Prototype | |
| Assisted cognition system - touchscreen reminders for the day, current date and time, tracking [91] | Research Prototype | |
| Smart home management system (Xanboo) [38]/Smart home technologies [76] | Commercial Product | |
| Personalised recorded messages [72] | Commercial Product | |
| Orientation; Safety and security |
Medicine reminders: Electronic medication reminder [46, 47, 75, 88]; electronic pill dispensers [10, 35, 59, 69, 82]/ Medicine dispenser with alarm [48, 50]/Medication organiser [81] |
Commercial Product |
| COGKNOW day navigator - sensors and sensor network [65, 86] | Research prototype | |
| Talking motion sensors [72] | Commercial Product | |
| Safety and security | Passive positioning alarm package [62, 73] | Commercial Product |
| Safety alarm [58] | Commercial Product | |
| Bed alarm [58]/Bed occupancy sensor [81] | Commercial Product | |
| Door alarm [58, 79] | Commercial Product | |
|
Sensors: Passage sensor [58]/Sensors [38, 39, 48, 63, 88]/Movement detectors [41, 47]/ Movement sensors [35, 81]/Proximity alarms [81]/Fall sensor [76] |
Commercial Product | |
|
Global Positioning Systems: Electronic tracking device [58]/ GPS [50, 59, 78, 92]/ GPS Location monitoring devices [10, 66, 69, 84]/Tracking devices [41, 48, 76]/GPS Tracking system [52, 54–56, 67, 74, 77] |
Commercial Product/Research prototype | |
| Stove timer [50, 53]/ Cooker alarm [48]/Gas cooker device [46, 75]/ Automatic gas switch off devices [41]/Cooker monitors [58] | Commercial Product | |
| Electronic door lock [48, 50]/Touchpad key locks [81] | Commercial Product | |
| Talking wrist watch [48, 50] | Commercial Product | |
| ADLife - gateway with alarm button, sensors [61] | Research prototype | |
| In-home night time monitoring system [36, 37, 40] | Research prototype | |
| Automatic night lamp [46, 75] | Commercial Product | |
| Automatic water switch off devices [41]/Water detector alerts [81] | Commercial Product | |
| Baby monitors [68, 72] | Commercial Product | |
| Health monitoring system [67] | Commercial Product | |
| Emergency response system [39, 88]/Emergency transmitters [79] | Commercial Product | |
| Safety and security, Social interaction | Skype (on computer/tablet PC) [68]; Social contact system [67] | Commercial Product |
| NOCTURNAL - Sensors, communication devices, tablet PC [60] | Research prototype | |
| Cameras [35, 41, 47, 68, 72, 81]/ Video communication system [63, 76, 87, 88]/Video surveillance [76] | Commercial Product |