New publication of the month
The website committee selected the publication of Alexandra König et al. as publication of the month. The article describes an innovative way of assessing autonomy in persons with dementia by using a video event monitoring system. It was tested among 49 participants and results show that this technology may improve autonomy assessment in an unbiased way.
See: König A, Sacco G, Bensadoun G, Bremond F, David R, Verhey F, Aalten P, Robert P, Manera V. Ecological Assessment of Autonomy in Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Dementia Patients by the Means of an Automatic Video Monitoring System. Front Aging Neurosci. 2015 Jun 9;7:110.