Assistance system for cognitively impaired persons

A method for providing assistance to a person using an appliance, said method comprising:

• obtaining person related data representing data obtained by monitoring the person;
• processing the obtained person related data to:
• determine the person's mental state and/or cognitive level from the obtained person related data,
• detect if the person has limited or no ability to perform a desired task, wherein the desired task pertains to the usage of the appliance by the person, and
• generate assistance data in case of detection that the person has limited or no ability to perform the desired task and/or if the person's current mental state and/or cognitive level is below a threshold or out of a distribution or value range required to perform the desired task, said assistance data representing data directed to supporting the person in performing the desired task;
• adjusting the assistance data in dependence of the performance of the person in carrying out the desired task when i) the threshold value required for the desired task is exceeded or not accomplished, or ii) when the distribution or value range is exceeded or not accomplished.
• adapting the functionality of an appliance by adapting the number of functions accessible and controllable by the person for said appliance according to the person's current mental state and/or cognitive level, and
• providing said assistance data for supporting the person in performing the desired task.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer readable code embodied therein, the computer readable code being configured such that, on execution by a suitable computer or processor, the computer or processor is caused to

• receive person related data representing data obtained by monitoring the person:
• process the obtained person related data to.
• determine the person's mental state and/or cognitive level from the obtained person related data,
• detect if the person has limited or no ability to perform a desired task. wherein the desired task pertains to the usage of the appliance by the person, and
• generate assistance data in case of detection that the person has limited or no ability to perform the desired task and/or if the person's current mental state and/or cognitive level is below a threshold or out of a distribution or value range required to perform the desired task, said assistance data representing, data directed to supporting the person in performing the desired task,
• adjust the assistance data in dependence of the performance of the person in carrying out the desired task when i) the threshold value required for the desired task is exceeded or not accomplished, or ii) when the distribution or value range is exceeded or not accomplished;
• adapting the functionality of an appliance by adapting the number of functions accessible and controllable by the person for said appliance according to the person's current mental state and/or cognitive level;
• and
• providing said assistance data for supporting the person in performing the desired task.