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Digital Clues in Dementia Care
Disturbances in sleep and daily activity patterns can lead to safety risks and declining well-being for people living with dementia. However, clinicians lack practical tools to monitor these changes over time. Researchers at UHN’s KITE Research Institute (KITE) found that…
Using digital wristbands to deliver more patient-centred care
For nurses on Toronto Rehab’s Specialized Dementia Unit (SDU) – where research and patient care go hand-in-hand – the ability to monitor patient mobility has always been high priority.
That’s mainly because…
Publications
2026
Digital markers and phenotypes of rest-activity rhythms in people with advanced dementia using real-time location data
Yasser Karam, Leia C Shum, Tamim Faruk, Twinkle Arora, Caitlin McArthur, Charlene H Chu, Katherine S McGilton, Alastair J Flint, Andrew Lim, Shehroz S Khan, Andrea Iaboni, The Journals of Gerontology: Series A, Volume 81, Issue 3, March 2026, glaf288, https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/
https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/81/3/glaf288/8426194
2025
Real-Time location system implementation in dementia care: Stakeholder perspectives
Alisa Grigorovich, Kelsey Harvey, AnneMarie Levy, Lynn Haslam-Larmer, Leia C Shum, Andrea Iaboni, Josephine McMurray, The Gerontologist, Volume 65, Issue 12, December 2025, gnaf244, https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnaf244
https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/65/12/gnaf244/8320002
Machine Learning to Detect Motor Agitation in People With Dementia Using Real-Time Location Data
Zain Hasan, Leia C Shum, Tamim Faruk, Katherine S McGilton, Charlene Chu, Caitlin McArthur, Alastair J Flint, Alex Mihailidis, Shehroz Khan, Andrea Iaboni. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Volume 33, Issue 11, November 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2025.06.001
https://www.ajgponline.org/article/S1064-7481(25)00366-5/fulltext
Social Engagement is Associated with Location-based Digital Markers on a Dementia Care Unit
Leia C Shum, Elham Khodabandehloo, Tamim Faruk, Twinkle Arora, Caitlin McArthur, Charlene H Chu, Katherine S McGilton, Alastair J Flint, Shehroz Khan, Andrea Iaboni. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Volume 26, Issue 6, June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2025.105548
https://www.jamda.com/article/S1525-8610(25)00065-9/fulltext
Door Decals for Wayfinding and Redirection: A Quality Improvement Project Involving the Use of Clinical Real-Time Location Systems for Evaluation of Environmental Design Changes
Leia C Shum, Twinkle Arora, Yasser Karam, Amy Cockburn, Shehroz S Khan, Andrea Iaboni, Innovation in Aging, Volume 9, Issue 5, 2025, igaf020, https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf020
https://academic.oup.com/innovateage/article/9/5/igaf020/8029024
2024
Factors That Influence Successful Adoption of Real-Time Location Systems for Use in a Dementia Care Setting: Mixed Methods Study
Lynn Haslam-Larmer, Alisa Grigorovich, Leia Shum, Andria Bianchi, Kristine Newman, Andrea Iaboni, Josephine McMurray, JMIR Aging, Volume 7, April 2024, https://doi.org/10.2196/45978
2023
Walking path images from real-time location data predict degree of cognitive impairment
Tamim Faruk, Leia C Shum, Andrea Iaboni, Shehroz Khan, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Volume 144, September 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2023.102657
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0933365723001719
2022
Indoor Location Data for Tracking Human Behaviours: A Scoping Review
Leia C Shum, Reza Faieghi, Terry Borsook, Tamim Faruk, Souraiya Kassam, Hoda Nabavi, Sofija Spasojevic, James Tung, Shehroz S Khan, Andrea Iaboni, MDPI Sensors, Volume 22, Issue 3, February 2022, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22031220