VOICE Summit 2019 | VED Talks | Galina Madjaroff | July 24
summary
Two years of in-home deployments put multiple Amazon Alexa units into longterm-couple homes to support dementia and cognitive impairment and show concrete effects: people offloaded reminders to Alexa, one spouse buys replacement devices rather than losing access, and one household used it as a walkie-talkie (six units) so the caregiver can check in remotely. Usage stays consistent except for one couple hit by a flood. The project produces a model based on Maslow that maps voice support from safety to joy for both care recipient and caregiver.
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- 0:00Introduction to research
- 1:48Personal motivation and study focus
- 3:16Why focus on couples at home
- 4:44Key findings from the study
- 10:59Model for evaluating technology
- 12:04Call to action and conclusion
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