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Tag Archives: Assistive Technology (AT)
Developments in Smart Assistive Technology to Support People With Dementia (Frontiers in Pharmacology)
Summary A recent systematic investigates the use of remote “sensing technology” to assess behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), and for monitoring people with dementia more generally. The broad categories of technology considered include (i) wearable sensors, (ii) non-wearable … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, Telecare, Telehealth, Universal Interest
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Tagged (Bergen Norway), Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Assistive Technology Services, AT: Assistive Technology, Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Problems, Behavioural Problems in People With Dementia, Benefits of Remote Monitoring, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine: University of Bergen, Continuous Monitoring, Dementia Wandering Prevention Devices, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care: University of Bergen, Department of Nursing Home Medicine (Bergen Norway), Department of Psychiatry: Harvard Medical School, Digital Innovation, Digital Technology and Innovation, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry: McLean Hospital, Electronic Assistive Technology or Telecare (ATT), Ethical Considerations, Ethical Innovation, Ethical Issues of Dementia Care, Ethics of Assistive Technology, Frontiers in Pharmacology, Hardware and Wearables, Harvard Medical School (Boston), McLean Hospital (Belmont USA), Monitoring and Surveillance, Monitoring Devices, NKS Olaviken Gerontopsychiatric Hospital, Non-Invasive Telemonitoring, Norway, Remote Monitoring, Smart Home Adaptations, Smart Homes, Smart Housing, Smart Sensors, Surveillance Equipment, Sustainable Ethical Innovation, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Technology and Innovation, Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), Telemonitoring, United States, University of Bergen, USA, Usability of Assistive Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Views on Telemonitoring Services, Wandering Prevention Devices, Wearable Devices, Wearable Devices for People With Dementia, Wearable Monitoring Equipment, Wearable Sensors, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology)
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More on the Uses of New Technologies in Health and Care (CQC / HTN)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has created a collection of case studies which explore innovative uses of new technologies in the provision, monitoring and quality improvement of various health and care services. “We are determined that regulation does not stand … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged AccuRx, ACCURX: Chain, Ada Digital Health: Ada, Advanced Health and Care: Ask NHS, Advise INC, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Aire Logic Ltd: Forms4Health, Alcidion: Patientrack Early Warning System, AliveCor, AliveCor’s Kardia in Care City Test Bed, AllDayDr Group Ltd: AlldayDr, AlldayDr Group Ltd: AlldayDr Group, Allscripts: e-Observations (NEWS2 Score), Allscripts: Go-Live Virtual Office, Apps, apps for Smartphones or Tablets, Apps Related to Dementia, Archway Primary Care Team: Health Online, Aseptika: Activ8rlives App., Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology Services, Assistive Technology Supporting Independence of People With Dementia, AT Technology Ltd: Dr.IQ, AT: Assistive Technology, Automated Triage Technology, Babylon Partners Limited: Babylon Health, Barriers to Integration: Difficulties in Effective Information Sharing, Barts Health NHS Trust, Benefits of Technology in Care, Better: openEHR Platform, Biodose, Biodose Connect Support for Medication Management, Broadmoor Hospital, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Canterbury and Coastal Clinical Commissioning Group, Carbon Health Home Testing Kit, Care City: Formerly part of North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), Care Quality Commission (CQC), CareFlow Connect: Clinical Messaging and Care Coordination, CECOPS (Community Equipment Code of Practice Scheme) CIC, Celsium: Wearable Temperature Tech, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Centre for Vision Speech and Signal Processing: University of Surrey, Cerner: Health Information Exchange (HIE), China, China: Monitoring and Control of Citizen Movement Using Health App, Chronomics: Online Risk Calculator, CliniSys, CliniSys: WinPath Enterprise Information Management System, CommonTime: Compliant Instant Messaging, Communication and Information Sharing, Concentric Health, Contact Tracing Apps, Coordinate My Care (CMC), Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, COVID-19 App Library, Data Security and Information Governance, Data Sharing, Detecting Atrial Fibrillation, Digital Care Assistant (DCA), Digital Innovation, Digital Innovations in Care, Digital Medical Supply UK Ltd: LIVI, Digital Primary Care Transformation, Digital Records, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Digitally-Enabled Care, Doctify: Video Consultation Tools, Doctorlink Limited: Doctorlink, Dr Malte Gerhold: Director of Strategy and Intelligence at Care Quality Commission (CQC), Draper and Dash, Draper and Dash: Impact Assessment Tool (IAT), Driving Improvement Through Technology (CQC), Driving improvement: Case Studies Series (CQC), Dynamic Purchasing System Framework, Dynamic Purchasing System Framework: Online Consultations - Approved Suppliers, eConsult Health Ltd: eConsult, Egton Medical Information Systems: EMIS Online Triage, Electronic Patient Record (EPR), EMIS, EMIS Health: Anywhere Consult, EMIS Health: Online and Video Consult, EMIS Health: Video Consult, Engage Health Systems: Engage Consult, Enhance Primary Healthcare Ltd: e-Reception, Estates and Technology Transformation Fund (ETTF), Evergreen Life, GP Access Ltd: AskmyGP, GP Access: askmyGP, GP IT Futures Framework, Graphnet: Liquidlogic Software, HaMpton app, Headscape Focus: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Health Communications: Chatbot for Trusts, Health Technology: Support for COVID-19 Crisis, Healthcare Communications, Healthcare Gateway, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), Healthlocker: South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Healthy.io, HIMSS-Elsevier Outstanding ICT Innovation, Home Monitoring of Hypertension in Pregnancy, Home Monitoring: Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Hospify, HTN: Health Tech Newspaper, IaaS: Infrastructure, IMMJ Systems: MediViewer EDMS / Virtual Clinics, IMMJ Systems: Virtual Outpatients, Improving Care Through Technology, InfoFlex: Data Collection and Reporting, Information Sharing, Information Sharing and Digital Care Records, Information Technology, Information Technology: Support for COVID-19 Crisis, Informed Consent, Ingenica Solutions, Ingenica Solutions: Management and Reordering of PPE, Inhealthcare, Innovative Use of Technology to Help Answer CQC's Five Key Questions, Institute of Biomedical Engineering: Oxford University, InteractiveMe, Internet of Things (IoT), Internet of Things (IoT) Technology in Health and Social Care, iPlato, iPlato: myGP Platform, iPLATO: PreGP, iPlato: Remote Consultation Service, Joined-Up Healthcare: Digital Technology, Kings College Hospital NHS Trust, Klinik Healthcare Solution UK Ltd: Klinik, Lantum, Laptops in Clients' Homes, Leonard Cheshire, Lexacom, Martin Bell Partnership: GP&Me, MD International: Docly, Medicalchain.com Ltd: MyClinic, MedicSpot Ltd: MedicSpot, mHealth, mHealth (Mobile Health), MJog Ltd: Mjog Smart Health Services, Modality, Modality Partnership, Monitoring for People With COPD Heart Failure or Type 2 Diabetes, My IBD Care, myCMC, MyMed Ltd (Q Doctor): Q Doctor, MyMed Ltd: Q doctor, MySense, National Commercial and Procurement Hub (NHS England), New Technology, NextGate, NextGate: Identity Management Solution, NHS England Test Beds, NHS England Test Beds Programme, NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), Now Healthcare Group, Now Healthcare: Online Medication Ordering, Nurx and Carbon Health, Nurx and Carbon Health: COVID-19 Home Testing Kits, NURX Home Testing Kit, NYE, OnePrimaryCare LLP: Lincus, Online Consultation Systems, Online Consultations, Online Consultations: Tools and Approved Suppliers, Online Profiles to Promote Interaction, Online Profiles: InteractiveMe, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, ORCHA: COVID-19 App Library, Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps (ORCHA), Oxehealth, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford University: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Patients Know Best, PatientSource, PatientSource: Electronic Patient Record Software, PatientSource: PatientSource COVID-19 Tracker, People With Dementia Living at Home, Personal Data, Personal Information, Personal Information to Support Better Care, Personalised Technology, Personalised Technology for Building Social Contact, Push Doctor Limited: Push Doctor, Push Dr Limited: Online Consultation Platform With Locum Support, Real-Time Urgent and Emergency Care Waiting Times, Refero Software Ltd: Refero, Remote Monitoring Health of People With Dementia Living at Home, Remote Working, Royal Brompton NHS Trust, Royal Holloway (University of London), Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Sensely: Ask NHS, Sensors in the Home, Servelec: Tracking Lists, Shared Care Digital Platform: Headscape Focus, Shared Care Plans Across System, Siilo, Silicon Practice Ltd: FootFall, Silicon Practice: FootFall, Singapore: TraceTogether App, Smart Care Doc, Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, SMS Messaging, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust, St George’s Hospital in London, Steps Ahead Care and Support, Substrakt Health Ltd: PatientPack, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey and North East Hampshire, Swindon Borough Council, System C and Graphnet Care Alliance, Targett Business Technology Limited: RIVIAM GP Portal, Technology and Infrastructure Development, Technology in Care: Care Quality Commission Series, Technology Integrated Health Management (TIHM) for Dementia, Technology Integrated Health Management for Dementia, Technology Supporting High-Quality Care, Telecare, Telecare and Dementia, Teleconferencing, Teledermatology, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, TeleTracking, Test Beds Programme, TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for Dementia, TPP, TPP: Airmid, Tracking Patient Care, Transforming Systems: WaitLess app, Triage Technologies, UKCloud, UKCloud: Support for Remote Working, University of Surrey, Use of Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens, Video Consultations in General Practice, Video Consultations With GPs, Visiba Care, Visionable Ltd, Visionable: Video Collaboration Platform, WaitLess app (Transforming Systems), Wearable Devices, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology), WeChat and Alipay Apps, West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance, X-on: GP Telephone Triage and Consultation Services, Xuper Limited: Visconn Clinic
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Technology and Surveillance in Care Services (CQC)
Summary The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has started a series which covers the use of technology in care. The topics explored, so far, comprise: Introduction: how technology can support high-quality care. Using surveillance in care services. Handling personal information. Consent … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, CQC: Care Quality Commission, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, Alternatives to Surveillance, Apps, apps for Smartphones or Tablets, Apps Related to Dementia, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology Services, Assistive Technology Supporting Independence of People With Dementia, AT: Assistive Technology, Benefits of Technology in Care, Capacity to Consent, Care Quality Commission (CQC), CCTV Monitors, Code of Practice on Confidential Information, Codes of Practice for Handling Information in Health and Care, Confidentiality: NHS Code of Practice, Consent, Consultation Before Using Surveillance, Covert Care Cameras, CQC Inspection Questions (Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well-Led), Customer Safety, Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA), Data Security and Information Governance, Data Security and Protection Toolkit (NHS), Data Security Consent and Opt-outs, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): Regulators' Pioneer Fund, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovations in Care, Digital Records, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Dignity and Consent, Ensuring Correct Personal Information, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Hidden Cameras, Hidden or Visible Cameras to Monitor Care Quality, Hidden Surveillance to Monitor Care, HSCIC Guide to Confidentiality (2013), Human Rights Act (UK Parliament 1998), Human Rights Act 1998: Article 8 on Right to Privacy, ICO's CCTV Code of Practice, Information and Support for Providers and Carers, Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), Information Governance, Information Security Management: NHS Code of Practice, Information Technology, Informed Consent, Innovative Use of Technology to Help Answer CQC's Five Key Questions, Legal Advice Before Use of Technology to Monitor Without Explicit Consent, mHealth (Mobile Health), mHealth Apps, National Data Guardian's Ten Data Security Standards, Needs Assessment, New Technology, NHS Digital Data Security and Protection Toolkit, NHS Information Governance: Guidance, Open and Covert Surveillance, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Patient Safety, Personal Data, Personal Information, Personal Information to Support Better Care, Personal Information: Guidance, Personalised Technology, Personalised Technology for Building Social Contact, Privacy and Choice, Protectiion of Privacy in Surveillance, Recording Equipment: Permission (Consent), Records Management Code of Practice for Health and Social Care 2016, Refusal or Withdrawal of Consent, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), Regulators' Pioneer Fund, Regulatory Sandboxing, Right to Privacy, Risk and Consent, Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Special Category Data, Surveillance, Surveillance Camera Code of Practice, Surveillance Equipment, Surveillance to Monitor Care, Surveillance Training, Technology and Infrastructure Development, Technology in Care: Care Quality Commission Series, Technology Supporting High-Quality Care, Telemedicine, TeleTracking, Text Messaging, Tracking Patient Care, Use of Data and Technology to Transform Outcomes for Patients and Citizens, Wearable Devices, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology)
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Telecare for Older People in Adult Social Care (King’s College London)
Summary The UTOPIA Project, conducted by King’s College London (and partners), surveyed English local authorities on their use of assistive technology and telecare to support older people. It investigates a conundrum: “An important context to the study was an earlier, … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care and Wellbeing, Adult Social Care Departments (ASCDs), Adult Social Care in England, Assessments For Telecare, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), ASTRID: Social and Technological Response to Meeting the Needs of Individuals With Dementia and Their Carers, Barriers to Technology Use, Carer Support, De Montfort University, Delaying and Reducing the Need for Care and Support, Dementia Friendly Technology, Dementia-Friendly Technology and Service Providers, Digital Technology, Electronic Assistive Technology or Telecare (ATT), Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Enhancing Quality of Life for People With Care and Support Needs, Helping Disoriented People, Housing and Telecare Learning and Improvement Network, Housing LIN, Information Generated by Telecare, Integrated Whole System Services for People With Dementia, Jeremy Porteus, Keeping People Living With Dementia Oriented, King’s College London, King’s Research Portal, Loneliness, Loneliness and Isolation, Managing Risk, National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR), NIHR School for Social Care Research, NIHR School for Social Care Research (SSCR), Orientation, Positive Experiences of Care and Support, Preventing Loneliness, Prevention of Carer Breakdown, Promoting Safety, Queen Margaret University, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Rehabilitation and Dementia, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, School for Social Care Research (SSCR), SCWRU: Social Care Workforce Research Unit (King’s College London), Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Social Care Workforce Research Unit: King’s College London, Social Contact, Social Isolation and Loneliness, South Lanarkshire Dementia Technology Initiative, Support with Orientation, Supporting the Independence of People With Dementia, Technology in Dementia Care, Telecare and Dementia, Telecare LIN, Telecare Prolonging Community Living in Dementia, Telecare Services Association Codes of Practice for Telecare and Teleheath, Telecare: Barriers and Facilitators, Telehealth, Telemonitoring, UK Whole System Demonstrator Trial, Unpaid Carers, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, UTOPIA Project, Whole System Demonstrator (WSD), Whole System Demonstrator Programmes, Whole System Integration, Whole Systems Approach, WSD: Whole System Demonstrator Programme
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Improving the Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia (NIHR HTA)
Summary A realist review was conducted to identify features or mechanisms in various interventions likely to improve the management of diabetes in people with dementia. The full NIHR HTA report from this research, already summarised in a BMC Medicine article … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Ageing Population, Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology Services, Attitudes Towards Dementia, Autonomy, Bangor University, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, Building Workforce Capability and Capacity, Cardiff University, Carers and Families, Caring for Family Carers, Case Management, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, CMOC: Context–Mechanism–Outcome Configuration, Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health: Cardiff University, Collaboration, Collaborative Communication, Context-Mechanism-Outcome Configuration, Dementia and Diabetes, Dementia Trajectory (Big Picture), Diabetes, Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Diabetes Frail Ltd (Luton UK), Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Diabetes Self-Management Support (DSMS), Division of Population Medicine: Cardiff University, Family Carers, Flexible Care (+ 24 Hour Care), Fostering Confidence, Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People (London), Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People: Diabetes Frail Ltd, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Health Technology Assessment Database, Health Technology Assessment in the UK, Health Technology Assessment Study, Health Technology Assessments, Improving the Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia, Living Alone, Living Alone with Dementia, Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia: Developing Skills to Provide Flexible and Tailored Care, Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia: Embedding Positive Attitudes to People Living With Dementia, Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia: Family Engagement, Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia: Person-Centred Approaches to Care Planning, Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia: Regular Contact, Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia: Usability of Assistive Technology, Managing Diabetes in People Living With Dementi, Minimally Disruptive Medicine, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, National Institute for Health Research: Health Technology Assessment Programme, NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment Programme, Organisational Structure, Patient and Family Engagement, Patient Autonomy, People Living With Dementia Without Family Carers or Support (Living Alone), Personalised Care Planning, Poor Identification of People’s Capacity For Involvement in Their Care Planning and Management (Barriers to Involvement), Realist Analyses, Realist Approaches, Realist Reviews, Regular Contact with Families, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London Medical School, School of Healthcare Sciences: Bangor University, Self Management From Patient Perspective, Self Management of Chronic Disease, Self-Care, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Shared Decision-Making, Support for Carers, Support for Self Management, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), University College London Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Usability of Assistive Devices, Usability of Assistive Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Workforce Competencies, Workforce Development
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Suggestions for Improving the Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia (BMC Medicine)
Summary The results of recent research into this topic. Full Text Link Reference Bunn, F. Goodman, C. [and] Reece Jones, P. [et al] (2017). What works for whom in the management of diabetes in people living with dementia: a realist … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology Services, Bangor University, Barriers to Self-Management for People with Dementia, BMC Medicine, Cardiff University, Carers and Families, Caring for Family Carers, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, CMOC: Context–Mechanism–Outcome Configuration, Dementia and Diabetes, Diabetes, Diabetes Frail Ltd (Luton UK), Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support, Diabetes Self-Management Support (DSMS), Division of Population Medicine: Cardiff University, Family Carers, Flexible Care (+ 24 Hour Care), Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People (London), Foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People: Diabetes Frail Ltd, Improving the Management of Diabetes in People Living with Dementia, Patient and Family Engagement, Realist Analyses, Realist Approaches, Realist Reviews, Regular Contact with Families, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), School of Healthcare Sciences: Bangor University, Self Management From Patient Perspective, Self Management of Chronic Disease, Self-Management, Self-Management Support, Support for Carers, Support for Self Management, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM), UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus), University of Hertfordshire, Usability of Assistive Devices, Usability of Assistive Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care
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The Dementia Citizens Project (Knowledge Hub / Nesta)
Summary The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (Nesta) has launched the Dementia Citizens website. This project aims to bring together researchers and people with dementia (and their carers and families) with a view to discovering novel ways … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Alzheimer's Society, Alzheimer’s Research UK, Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Scotland, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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Tagged Active Citizens, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts in Health, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Assistive Technology Services, Assistive Technology Supporting Independence of People With Dementia, AT: Assistive Technology, Bangor University, Book of You (Nesta backed by Bangor University), Citizen Inclusion, Citizen Participation, Citizenship: Involvement and Participation, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Ctrl Group: Nesta Development Partners, Cultural Arts Interventions, Dementia and Social Citizenship, Dementia Research, Dementia Services Development Centre, Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC Wales): Bangor University, Dementia Services Development Centre Wales: Bangor University, Dementia-Friendly apps, Dementia-Related apps, Digital Arts and Older People, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Glasgow Caledonian University, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Healthy Living Apps, Information and Support for Carers, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Pathways for Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Information Technology, Investment in Information Technology, iOS apps, Knowledge Hub (Philippa Lynch), Life Stories, Life Story, Life Story Work, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Maintaining Independence, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Meaningful Relationships, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Musical Interventions, Musical Therapies, National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA), NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Technology, Participation in Research, Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Participatory Arts, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Control, Patient Empowerment, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement, Patient Involvement in Research, Playlist for Life (Nesta backed by Glasgow Caledonian University), Public Participation in Research, Quality Statement 1: Participation in Meaningful Activity, Regaining Independence, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Services, Reminiscence Therapy, Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Significant Events (Reminiscence), Significant Others (Reminiscence), Significant Persons (Reminiscence), Significant Places (Reminiscence), Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Smartphone Mobile Applications to Monitor Symptoms of Mental Health Conditions, Smartphones, Technology and Social Care, Technology and the Arts, Tele-Interventions, Telehealth and Self Care, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Community Care, Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care, Wearable Devices, Wearable Devices for People With Dementia, Wearable Sensors, Wearable Technologies Innovation, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology)
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Funding Available For Digital Involvement in the Creative Arts by Older People (Nominet Trust and The Baring Foundation)
Summary Applications are invited from innovative / entrepreneurial UK organisations for “Digital Arts & Creative Ageing” grant funding, to support the use of digital technology and the internet in improving engagement with the creative arts by older people. Full Text … Continue reading →
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Investigations Into Increasing Use and Awareness of Assistive Technology in Dementia Care (BMJ Open)
Summary Qualitative research explores the views of general practitioners (GPs), people with dementia and their carers concerning the uses of assistive technology in dementia care. This study, based on community care settings in the North East of England, identifies four … Continue reading →
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Dementia-Friendly Technology Charter (Department of Health / Dementia Challenge / Alzheimer’s Society)
Summary The Dementia-Friendly Technology Charter, developed as one part of the Dementia Friendly Communities component of the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, is about ensuring people with dementia benefit from the many forms of new technology created with their interests in … Continue reading →
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