Keywords
Alzheimer’s disease
Artificial intelligence
Mini review
Submitted : 2026-01-25
Accepted : 2026-02-09
Published : 2026-02-24
Abstract
As global aging progresses, the number of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is continually increasing, which imposes heavy caregiving and economic burdens on families and society. Smart elderly care, integrating technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence, demonstrates broad application prospects in the care and management of AD patients. This paper reviews multiple applications of smart elderly technologies for AD patients: early warning and abnormal behavior monitoring, cognitive and memory training, recovery and long-term monitoring of activities of daily living, and caregiver burden reduction. While AD patients’ quality of life and care efficiency are significantly enhanced by smart elderly technologies, numerous challenges remain. In the future, smart elderly technologies still have even greater potential in AD patient care.
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