Assistive technology and telecare can help to support and enable people with dementia to live more independently. It may also help to support and reassure their carers. However assistive technology may not be the answer for everybody.
Bridging the Gap
Presentations from the ‘Bridging the Gap’ telecare symposium held on 20th January 2010, London. The symposium aimed to identify actions and resources required to support the implementation of Objective 10 of the National Dementia Strategy which relates to housing and telecare.
- Assistive technology for people with dementia works: why aren’t people using it?
Tim Adlam, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering - What do people really want? Meeting the needs of people with early dementia and their carers through technology
Professor Gail Mountain, Sheffield University - National policies and local responses to the telecare agenda
John Woolham, University of Coventry and formerly Northamptonshire County Council - Learning from practice – emerging evidence from Wiltshire
Roger Hall, Telecare Commissioning Manager, Wiltshire Council
ATdementia
ATdementia supports people to consider areas of daily living where they may experience difficulties and offers advice and information on technologies and other strategies that may be helpful.
Age Concern
Age Concern provide a number of useful information sheets on topics relating to health and social care, care homes and disability equipment.
Alzheimer’s Society
The Alzheimer’s Society provide a number of useful information and advice sheets on topics related to Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, including one on ‘Assistive technology’.
Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing
The Centre for Evidence-based Purchasing and the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) provide a number of independent evaluations of devices including one on ‘Memory aids and techniques’.
Department of Health
The Department of Health have published a booklet for carers which gives information about dementia, caring for someone with dementia and the help available to carers.