WORLD JOURNAL OF ADVANCE
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH

Kohsheen Baliya*, Sourabh Sharma, Savya Dhar and Prof. J. N. Baliya

ABSTRACT

Background: Dementia caregiving presents significant challenges including managing daily tasks, ensuring patient safety, and addressing emotional and psychological needs. With the increasing global prevalence of dementia, caregivers often experience high levels of stress and burnout. Assistive technologies offer innovative solutions by providing tools that enhance caregiving efficiency, ensure patient safety, and improve overall quality of life. These technologies, ranging from monitoring systems to AI-based cognitive aids, have the potential to transform caregiving by supporting both caregivers and dementia patients. This study presents a comprehensive review of the role of assistive technologies in transforming dementia caregiving practices. Objectives: This review aimed to synthesize review-level evidence from published scientific literature to assess the role and effectiveness of assistive technologies in facilitating caregivers for managing patients with dementia. Methods: This systematic review is based on an analysis of peer-reviewed articles, case studies, and reports published between 2010 and 2025. To analyze the existing literature, a systematic literature search using PRISMA guidelines was conducted across databases such as PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and IEEE Xplore, using keywords related to dementia, caregiving, and assistive technologies. The inclusion criteria encompassed studies focusing on assistive technologies designed to support caregivers of patients with dementia. The findings were categorized based on the types of technologies (e.g., monitoring devices, AI tools, and communication aids) and their impact on caregivers' well-being and patient outcomes. Results: The applications of the latest technologies ranges from Communication assistance tools to memory aids and many more that can effectively manage the daily life routines of the Dementia Patients. Conclusion: Caring for individuals with dementia has been linked to adverse effects on the caregiver's health and can contribute to early placement of patients in nursing homes. Several factors, including gender, the caregiver’s relationship to the patient, cultural background and personal traits and Dementia management using assistive technologies play a role in shaping the caregiving experience. While numerous interventions have been designed to reduce caregiver burden and care cum monitoring of the patients, research indicates that comprehensive, tailored interventions incorporating a variety of assistive devices can help reduce this burden, enhance caregivers' quality of life, and support them in providing care at home for a longer time.