For caregivers providing care to dementia patients in the home, that caregiver burden can be especially wrenching. Monitoring activities at the home while maintaining some semblance of outside life becomes virtually impossible. Now, researchers at UC San Francisco have embarked on a three year study to develop a “Care Ecosystem” which will use existing sensory technologies to monitor patient movement in the home and detect signs of distress. For info on this new research and other initiatives to utilize sensory technology in the home, Read More.