WEEK 5 - JOURNAL REVIEW II

Here are the link of journals that i reviewed recently that can help for my development of safety device for Alzheimer patients:

• Dementia in Malaysia : Issues and challenges
•  GPS-GSM Based Tracking System,

Based on Dementia in Malaysia : Issues and challenges, this journal focus on the current issues of dementia in Malaysia and its challenging to provide better management and services for this population. Dementia is not a specific disease but actually an overall term that describes wide ranges of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is one of the cases in dementia. The serious concern highlight in journal is total population of elderly in this country has increase steadily from 1957 to 1990 and expected continue to increase  by the year 2030. Thus, as the number of people reaching old increase, health issues also increase and the common illness related with old age is dementia.  This journal discuss on three issues: awareness and stigma related to dementia, the availability of resources and services and the credibility of health care professional in recognising the symptoms and providing supports to the patients and their caregivers.  Both awareness and stigma regarding dementia are very important so people will recognise the symptoms of this illness and treated it immediately. Both services and health care professional focus to help the dementia patient and support them by providing appropriate training to the health care providers such as nurses, physicians, geriatricians, etc to help the patients.

Based on GPS-GSM Based Tracking System, the purpose of this journal is to design and integarte a new system which integaretd with GPS-GSM to provide location information, real time tracking using SMS, track bus driver activity and instantaneous communication.  This system contain GPS and GSM modem along with ARM processor that installed in vehicle. GPS used in this sytem in order to detect the the location while GSM modem help to transmit the information. Along with that, ARM processor serve as microcontroller. The location of the vehicle can be reported through SMS message. A software package is developed to read, process, analyze and store the incoming SMS messages. By doing so, this system can help to monitor the vehicle in anywhere. A mesage will be sending first to the system, then the system process the data by reading the location and sent back to the sender the longitude and latitude of the vehicle.

Both journal help to give better understanding for my project. By reviewed this journals, I learned about issues and challenging for Alzheimer's patient and I believed my project can give a good benefit to help the patients. I also learned on GPS and GSM that can be used in my project in order to track the Alzheimer's patient.

WEEK 4 - ATTENDED 1ST FYP 1 BRIEFING

1st FYP 1 BRIEFING

Date     : 17 March 2017 

Venue   : TTL 

Time     : 3 to 5 pm. 

This briefing was conducted by Dr. Siti Marwangi Binti Mohamad Maharum. Briefing was focusing on new regulation implementation for FYP 1 S1 2017. FYP Handbook 3rd Editition also provided to the students as a guide.

By attending this briefing, students gain information on assessment scheme  and fyp scope. Other than that, students also gain new information on how managing time during fyp 1.

WEEK 3 - JOURNAL REVIEW I

Here's link of journals that i reviewed  with my supervisor:

• Low Cost GPS Tracking for the Elderly and Alzheimer Patients

• Global Positioning System as Safety Monitor for Alzheimer's Patient

Both journal show how GPS can help  in monitoring Alzheimer Patients. 

Low Cost GPS Tracking for the Elderly and Alzheimer Patients focus on analyzing and compare cost between existent solutions to track Alzheimer Patients and their proposal for low cost GPS. In this journal they present a tracking system thought for Alzheimer patients, which intends to provide this functionality with minimum costs for their users (patient and/or caregiver). They provide a general overview of the system, followed by the presentation of the architecture where they detail each of the main components

Global Positioning System as Safety Monitor for Alzheimer's Patient purpose to integrate the Global Positioning System and Global System for Mobile Communication technology for real time people tracking using Google Maps. This journal explained how this system works in order to track location of the patients.

WEEK 2 - WHAT IS ALZHEIMER?

Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with Alzheimer's, symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia among older adults.

The disease is named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer. In 1906, he noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who had died of an unusual mental illness. Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems and unpredictable behavior.After she died, he examined her brain and find many abnormal clumps and tangled bundle of fibers.

Alzheimer's is not a normal part of aging. The  greatest known risk factor is increasing age,and majority of people with Alzheimer are 56 and older. but Alzheimer is not just a disease of old age. Approximately 200,00 Americans under the age of 65 have younger onset Alzheimer disease (known as early-onset Alzheimer)

Alzheimer worsen over time. Alzheimer is a progressive disease, where dementia symptoms gradually worsen over a number of years. In its early stages, memory loss is mild, but with late-stage Alzheimer's individuals lose the ability ti carry on conversation and respond to their environment. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Those with Alzheimer's live an average of 8 years after their symptoms become noticeable to others, but survival can range from 4 to 20 years,depending on age and other health condition.

Symptoms:

1. Worsened ability to take in and remember new information.
2. Impairment to reasoning, complex tasking, exercising judgement.
3. Impaired visuospatial abilities 
4. Impaired speaking, writing and reading.
5. Changes in personality and behavior.