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Title: Meal Planning for Alzheimer's Disease Using an Ontology-Assisted Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach
As healthy diets and nutrition are crucial for people with Alzheimer's disease (AD), caregivers of patients with AD need to provide a balanced diet with the correct nutrients to boost the health and well-being of patients. However, this is challenging as they are likely to suffer from aging-related problems (such as teeth or gum problems) that make eating more uncomfortable; the planners, who are usually patients' family members, generally face high pressure, a busy schedule, and little experience. To help unprofessional caregivers of AD plan meals with the right nutrition and flavors, in this paper, the authors propose a meal planning mechanism that uses a multiple criteria decision-making approach to integrate various factors that affect a caregiver's choice of meals for AD patients. Ontology-based knowledge has been used to model personal preferences and characteristics and customize general diet recommendations. Case studies have demonstrated the feasibility and usability of the proposed approach.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1722913
PAR ID:
10391373
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications
Volume:
13
Issue:
1
ISSN:
1947-315X
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 14
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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