| dc.description.abstract | Occasionally, when we are doing something, we can suddenly forget what we
need to do. Or we know the meaning of the English word when looking at,
however, we cannot use the equivalent of it in Vietnamese. Thus, thinking and
trying to remember any issues take so much time and also upset ourselves, but
after a while we completely reminisce about it. Unfortunately, many studies
show that 55 million elderlies are on the stage of memory loss in all over the
world. They have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) [19] which is known as a
precursor of Alzheimer [19].
People above 60 years of age are the main victims of this disease as the
number of people suffering from this disease doubles every five years beyond the
age of 65 years. Dementia symptoms can first appear after age 60 and the threat
increases with age [1] . The reasons we choose Language instead of Reflection or
Calculation are:
- As what I show above, patients are mainly the elderly who like reading
books; then those who regularly read books find difficulty having Alzheimer or
other related sickness, based on a study in Rush University [23].
- Cognitively stimulating activities such as reading and doing crossword
puzzles reduce dementia risk and boost cognition by increasing the cognitive
reserve. The method aims to stimulate neurons in the brain to operate naturally,
since Language is considered a daily activity [10].
- Language is communication bridge which support people integrate into
society. If this bridge loses, people with Alzheimer are easily excluded from
society. Besides, it affects all family members, because they cannot take care of
patients[13].
The purpose of this study is providing the overview of technology selections
which help Alzheimer’s patients improve language skill and diagnose those who
run the risk of MCI throughout data from games. It is the first-time games have
been designed by Vietnamese, so that they easily approach to the elderly in
Vietnam. In addition, patients’ conditions are followed by specialist doctors based
on data from the games which will be stored on server and the website for
doctors. Specialist doctor can give many types of exercises for each patient, and
then send notification to reminder patients. | en_US |
