Un exemple d'aide informatisée à domicile pour l'accompagnement de la maladie d'Alzheimer : le projet TANDEM

Multi interventional aids have a major role in the caring of disability in elderly people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In this article, we report the preliminary data of the TANDEM project who's final aim is to test the technical feasibility and acceptability of a telecare system for patients and their families at home, in order to provide various services in daily life including drug taking, memory aids, family and social contacts, cognitive stimulation and nutritional interventions tailored to the patients' needs, as well as detection of situations with risks such as falls and wandering using weared sensors. The project encompasses the implementation of the telecare system. The services are being set up and added in a progressive and collaborative way, and are appropriately tailored to patients' needs by iterative process, including testing by patients, families and professionals. This multi-disciplinary approach, which integrates human, medical, psychological, ethical and social issues, aims at improving patients and families' daily life as well as alleviating the growing burden of this disease on social and health services.