The UK’s Design Council has announced five ideas (‘solutions’) for helping people with dementia that it has chosen to feature in one of its ‘innovation stimulating design challenges‘. They include:
- Trading Times, an online service for carers.
- Grouple, a secure, private online social network.
- buddi wristband personal alarm that will be familiar to many TA readers.
- ode, a fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetit.
- Dementia Dog, a service providing assistance dogs.
They have recieved wide coverage in the media focusing on different aspects that caught the journalists’ attention. ode seems to have been particularly popular, e.g. this item in The Telegraph. And here’s the Design Council’s original announcement (currently throwing up an error) and Community Care’s take which includes a couple of videos.
There were three webseminars accompanying this showcase of the five ideas – replays are available on the blog and there were some interesting comments/thoughts from the audience; transcripts worth reading if you have a little time: [url]http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/challenges/Health/Living-well-with-Dementia1/Event/Live-blog/[/url]