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Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
  • Gerontology and Dementia Care
  • Human-Computer Interaction

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  • Caregivers of people living with dementia (PLwD) experience significant stress, with digital reminder systems offering limited task verification.
  • Generative AI (like GPT) presents a novel approach to enhance task verification and support caregiver decision-making in dementia care.
  • This study assesses the feasibility of an AI-powered system for task verification within a digital reminder framework for PLwD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate GPT's ability to generate high-quality, tailored follow-up questions for PLwD using few-shot prompting.
  • To determine the accuracy of an AI system in identifying concerning responses from PLwD.
  • To explore the balance between AI automation and essential caregiver control in dementia care support.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated interactions using an anonymized dataset of 64 reminders involving caregivers, PLwD, and an AI system.
  • Evaluation of GPT-generated follow-up questions for quality, with and without contextual information.
  • Development of a flagging mechanism for response concern levels (High, Medium, Low) and incorporation of simulated caregiver feedback and input from Engagement of People with Lived Experience of Dementia (EPLED) members.

Main Results:

  • Contextual information and caregiver feedback enhanced the clarity, specificity, and relevance of AI-generated questions, reducing response ambiguity.
  • The AI flagging mechanism showed high accuracy for safety-critical tasks (e.g., medication, fall prevention) but faced subjectivity with non-urgent tasks.
  • Simulated feedback and EPLED input were crucial for system adaptation, assessing stress reduction, and workload redistribution for caregivers.

Conclusions:

  • Integration of generative AI into dementia care is feasible, with context, caregiver input, and lived experience perspectives significantly enhancing task verification and decision support.
  • AI-assisted verification can improve reminder effectiveness and caregiver alerts, potentially reducing caregiver stress and enhancing support for PLwD.
  • Future research should prioritize real-world validation, user-centered customization, and scalability for optimizing caregiver workload and long-term adoption in home care.