Specific patient categories may benefit from care in the home environment as their condition is such may allow them to conduct a normal lifestyle if proper support is provided. One of these categories are Alzheimer's disease sufferers, where the role of family carers has also become more prominent, as care in the familiar surroundings of home may delay onset of some symptoms and delay or eliminate the need for more professional and costly levels of care.

Technologists working in the area of pervasive healthcare are often unaware of issues that are common knowledge amongst medical professionals and healthcare practitioners, and are thus unable to provide solutions that address real problems. Conversely, the medical world is often unaware of recent technological developments and is as such, unable to request or recommend solutions that might provide helpful interventions in the lives of patients. The 2nd workshop in on this topic aims to bring together the technical expertise of the technologists and the real-world issues, problems and practices as experienced by medical professionals. The workshop’s objective is to spark a dialogue amongst professionals across disciplines by establishing common bases and language, highlighting good practice and recent advances in technical and medical research.

Links: 1st AlzWor (2007)