Development of dementia care education system combining augmented reality and distributed tactile sensor

Abstract

In this study, we aim to quantify care skills in the care technique called "Humanitude". Humanitude has been attracting much attention as a gentle and effective care technique for a dementia patient in recent years. The developed wearable tactile sensor aims to quantify the "touch" skill among the four representative skills in Humanitude, which are gaze, touch, talk, and stand up. In addition, we developed a learning system of Humanitude using AR technology and a real object, which realizes the interaction between a care-giver and a patient and enabled to quantify the "touch" and "gaze" skill.