Objective sleep quality as a predictor of mild cognitive impairment in seniors living alone

• Main Authors: CHEN, Brian, TAN, Hwee-Pink, RAWTAER, Irus, TAN, Hwee Xian
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Internet of Things (IoT); Senior monitoring; Mild cognitive impairment; Early detection; Eldercare; Dementia; MITB student; Databases and Information Systems; Gerontology; Health Information Technology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5116; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6119/viewcontent/2019_bigdata_mci.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Singapore has the fastest ageing population in the Asia Pacific region, with an estimated 82,000 seniors living with dementia. These figures are projected to increase to more than 130,000 by 2030. The challenge is to identify more community dwelling seniors with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), a pr...