SAM3 Expertise Areas: Sleep Assessment

Sleep is important for health and well-being. The assessment of sleep and issues that affect sleep is an area of extensive research by SAM3 researchers.

Sleep assessment

  • Bed occupancy and bed exit assessment
  • Restlessness during sleep
  • Breathing assessment (respiration rate, apnea etc)
  • Wandering

Saturday, May 4, 2024

Bahareh Chimehi, Julien Larivière-Chartier, Bruce Wallace, Zachary Beattie, Laura Ault, Lyndsey Miller, Joel Steele, Neil Thomas, Sensor Assessment of Time in Bed on Caregiver Burden for Person Living with Cognitive Impairment, accepted IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements (MeMeA) 2024, 2024

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Saturday, October 14, 2023

L. Ault, B. Wallace, S. Makhail, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, N. Thomas, J. Yang, “Observations and testing of the Tochtech Sleepsense bed sensor in a retirement community and lab setting”, AGE-WELL AGM, 2023.

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Friday, October 6, 2023

SAM3 Book “Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place” now available

Supportive Smart Homes: Their Role in Aging in Place By: Frank Knoefel, Bruce Wallace, Neil Thomas, Heidi Sveistrup, Rafik Goubran, Christine L. Laurin Our book is now available for purchase as an ebook or hardcover. Significant health-industry human resource needs increase the reliance on family and friends to support older adults hoping to age... More

Sunday, August 1, 2021

Cohen-McFarlane, M., Bennett, S., Wallace, B., Goubran, R. Knoefel, F., “Bed-based Health Monitoring using Pressure Sensitive Technology: A Review”, IEEE Instrumentation Measurement Magazine, April 2021.

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Monday, August 3, 2020

B. Wallace, F. Knoefel, R. Goubran, J. Kaye, N. Thomas, “Comparison of Bed-Sensors for Nocturnal Behaviour Assessment”, The Twelfth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine (eTELEMED 2020), 2020.

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Monday, August 3, 2020

B. Wallace, L. Ault, J. Larivière-Chartier, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Vital Sign and Well-being Assessment Using Bed Based Sensing”. 12th World Conference of Gerontechnology 2020.

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Sunday, August 2, 2020

H. Azimi, H. Liu, M. Bilodeau, B. Wallace, M. Bouchard, R. Goubran, F. Knoefel, “Cloud Processing of Bed Pressure Sensor Data to Detect Sleep Apnea Events”, 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2020.

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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Valech, N., Knoefel, F., Rasquinha, D., Goubran, R., Kennedy, S., Ludwig, C., Wallace, B., Ross, M., Toonders, B., Nasser ElHarake, T., “Can monitoring technology help dementia caregivers sleep better?”, 2017 Humanizing Health Care Conference, 2017.

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