The centre will be used by up to 30 people per day and include a ‘Telecare’ suite where staff will be able to assess people fully and identify the most suitable types of technology which can be fitted at home…. Read moreLiverpool starts building a dementia centre with telecare assessment facility (UK)
Research released at last week’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2012) not only correlates decline in mobility with decline in mental functions, but that those with walking difficulties are at increased risk for–and predate–cognitive impairment. The Basel (CH) Mobility Centre… Read moreGait changes as leading indicator of cognitive decline
A reader asks if there are readers with experience, or research knowledge of, using telecare chair and bed sensors to help with managing the risk of falling for people with dementia in hospitals or care homes. If you are willing… Read moreChair and bed sensors and dementia: request for information (UK)
A request for information from Tahir Idris, a consultant at TeleMagenta, which has been commissioned by the Housing LIN to write a viewpoint on how assistive technologies (AT) [definition has been deliberately left up to you] can play a greater… Read moreAssistive technologies to aid people with dementia and carers (UK)
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,… Read moreFive ideas to improve the life of people with dementia – including buddi (UK)
In a new report Carers UK has called for a technological transformation to support families caring for ill, frail and disabled loved ones. Care and technology in the 21st century argues that the way families already use technology to work,… Read moreCarers UK calls for a technological transformation to support carers
We do not usually report the many items about possible preventive measures for dementia that appear in the media but this research looks promising. Maintaining a brain protein’s sugar levels could prevent development of Alzheimer’s Gizmag item.
The Wall Street Journal headline, Private GPS Use Benefits Alzheimer’s Patients – And Jealous Spouses Too, does grab. In short, last week’s decision by the US Supreme Court ruling that police obtain a search warrant before installing a GPS tracking… Read moreGPS private tracking still OK in US
The new site is designed for people with alzheimers, dementia, diabetes and other long term conditions, and their carers. It has been developed by Medilink under its Alvolution brand. The site contains five categories: wellbeing, safety, memory, home control, sight… Read moreMedilink launches Alvolution online equipment store (UK)
Dementia patients (a quarter of all admissions to hospital) are suffering at the hands of undertrained hospital staff who ignore pleas for help and fail to treat them as individuals, a damning report into standards of care has found. “Improving… Read moreDementia patients ignored by hospital staff (UK)
