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Tag Archives: Creativity and Technology
Technological Support for People Living With Dementia / Their Carers (SCIE)
Summary The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) has produced a collection of web pages which explore the potential of new technology to support people living with dementia, and their families / carers. Suggested applications of information technology include access … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acoustic Listening Devices, Ageing Population, Alive! Guided Reminiscence, BBC Archive, BBC Archives, BBC’s Reminiscence Archive: Open Source Content, Benefits of Remote Monitoring, British Library Sound Archive, Care and Communication, Care Homes, CareDocs, Carer Support, CareSys, Charity Technology Exchange (CTX), Classic Cinema Online, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Communication and Information, Communication Skills, Communication Tools, Communication-Friendly Communities, Control and Independence, Creativity, Creativity and Technology, Culture Change in Health and Care, Data Sharing, Digital Awareness, Digital Capability, Digital Exemplars, Digital Health, Digital Innovation, Digital Innovations in Health, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services for Patients, Digital Skills, Digital Skills of Elderly Patients, Digital Skills Training, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Digitised Locking Systems, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Opportunities, Efficiency Savings, Future NHS Digital Landscape, Future Social Care Digital Landscape, Games Consoles, Games on Touchscreen Tablets, Get Safe Online, Group Reminiscence Arts Sessions, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Care Technology, Health Apps, Health Information Technology, Helping Persons With Dementia to Communicate, iCareHealth, Independence at Home, Independence in Older Adults, Informal Communication Networks, Information and Intelligence, Information and Support for Patients and Carers, Information Exchange, Information Needs of Patients, Information Pathways, Information Revolution, Information Sharing, Information Technology, Information Technology Connectivity: Social Economic and Environmental Determinant (SEED) of Health, Integrated Digital Care: An Information Revolution, Integrated Health and Care Records, Integration of Health and Care, Intellectual Stimulation, Internet Phone Services, Internet Radio, Introducing Unfamiliar New technology: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Investment in Information Technology, Ipad Technology, IT4Communities, Keeping In-Touch: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Life Stories, Life Story, Life Story Work in Dementia Care, Local Health and Care Services, Maintaining Independence, Maintaining Independence: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Media Trust, Mentally Stimulating Activity in Old Age, Mobile Technology, Mobile Technology in Care Homes: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Monitoring Patients Remotely, New Technology, New Technology: Skills, Nourish Care, Nursing Homes, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Optimising Patient Outcomes Using Digital Technology, Optimising Use of Digital Technology, Patient Autonomy, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Person Centered Software, Personalised Carer Support, Radio, Recording and Maintaining a Life Story: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Regular Physical Activity, RemArc: Reminiscence Archive, Reminiscence, Reminiscence Archive (BBC), Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Arts in Dementia, Reminiscence Services, Remote Care Monitoring, Remote Health Monitoring, Remote Support, Sekoia Care, Self-Actualisation:, Significant Arts (Reminiscence), Significant Dates (Reminiscence), Significant Events (Reminiscence), Significant Images (Reminiscence), Significant Music (Reminiscence), Significant Others (Reminiscence), Significant Persons (Reminiscence), Significant Places (Reminiscence), Silver Surfers, Skype, Smart Home Adaptations, Smart Home Smart Speakers, Smart Homes, Smartphone and Tablet Apps, Smartphone apps, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA)’s Technology and Innovations in Care Homes, Staying Independent: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Support for Creativity and Self-Actualisation: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Supporting Patient Choice, Tablet Computers, Technology and Innovations in Care Homes: South East Health Technologies Alliance (SEHTA), Technology for Entertainment: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Technology in Care Homes, Technology Integrated Health Management (TIHM), Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), TeleTracking, TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for Dementia, Transformational Technologies, Transformative Technology, Transforming Participation in Health and Care, Use of New Technology to Inform Stimulate and Engage: Technology Supporting People Living With Dementia and Their Carers (SCIE), User-Centered Design, Voice Controlled Smart Speakers, Voice Over IP (VOIP), YouTube
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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 →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, 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 Abbeyfield, Activity in Care Homes, Ageing Artfully, Ageing Population, Ageing Well With Technology, Alive Activities, Alive Activities’ Guided Reminiscence Sessions, Approaches to Reducing Loneliness and Isolation in Later Life, Armchair Gallery Tours, Art for Mental Health and Wellbeing, Arts and Music in Dementia, Arts Crafts and Creative Activities, Arts in Health, Assistive Technology (AT), Baring Foundation (The), Baring Foundation’s Technically Older Report, Best Practice in Care Homes, City Arts, Cognitive Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Activity, Creative Ageing, Creative Arts, Creative Arts for Dementia, Creative Self-Expression, Creative Technology, Creative Therapy, Creativity, Creativity and Technology, Cultural Arts Interventions, Digital Approaches for Creative Ageing, Digital Arts & Creative Ageing Grant Funding, Digital Arts and Creative Technology, Digital Arts and Older People, Digital Awareness, Digital Exclusion, Digital Illiteracy, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Digital Social Innovation, Digital Storytelling, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Drake Music Scotland, Engagement With the Creative Arts by Older People, FACT: Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Frames of Mind®: Stop-Frame Animation, Health and Wellbeing, Health and Wellbeing in Dementia Care, House of Memories: National Museums Liverpool (NML), Imagine Live Streaming, Information Technology, Intergenerational Communication, Intergenerational Mingling, Intergenerational Projects, Intergenerational Relations, Involving People Living with Dementia, iPad engAGE, Ipad Technology, Lifelong Health and Wellbeing, Local Health and Wellbeing, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Mix@ges, Mobile Technology, Multi-Sensory Stimulation, Multi-Sensory Stimulation For People Living With Dementia, Multisensory Stimulation, Music Therapy, My House of Memories App, National Museums Liverpool, New Technology, Nominet Trust, Nottingham City Council, Older People Living in Care Homes, Participation in the Creative Arts by Older People, Participatory Arts, Participatory Arts With Older People, Playlist for Life, Preventing Isolation, Preventing Loneliness, Reducing Digital Illiteracy, Reducing Social Isolation, Reminiscence, Reminiscence and Sensory Stimulation, Reminiscence Arts, Reminiscence Arts in Dementia, Reminiscence Therapy, Screen-Based Participation, Sensory Stimulation, Silver Stories, Silver Stories Research Partnership, Social Isolation, Social Media, Social Networking Across Age Groupss, Spare Tyre, Stop-Frame Animation, Tackling the Digital Divide, Technology and the Arts, Technology in Care Homes, The Baring Foundation, University of Manchester, Using ICT in Activities for People With Dementia, Vicki Hearn: Director of Nominet Trust, Vocational Wellbeing For People Living With Dementia, Whitworth Art Sense app
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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 →
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Assistive Technology, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS England, Patient Care Pathway, Patient Information, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Standards, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged ADASS West Midlands Telehealthcare Network, Advanced Digital Institute, Alarms and Sensors, Android Companions, Android Pets, Apps, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence: Assisting People With Dementia, Assisted Living Technology, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, AZTEC Centre, Bournemouth University: Dementia Studies Unit, Brain Training, Brain-Controlled Interfaces, British Assistive Technology Association, Bury Council, Caregiver Support, Caregiving (Carers), Carer Support, Carers, Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust, Children's Charities' Coalition, Citizen Participation, City University London, Cognitive Stimulation, Commissioning Specialised Assistive Technology Services, Companionship, Creating a Dementia-Friendly Environment Along the Care Pathway, Creativity and Technology, Dementia Aids, Dementia Challenge, Dementia Challenge Champion Groups, Dementia Challengers, Dementia Friendly Communities Champion Group, Dementia Friendly Technologies, Dementia-Friendly Businesses, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Housing Level, Dementia-Friendly Communities at the Technological Level, Dementia-Friendly Design, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Homes, Dementia-Friendly Housing, Dementia-Friendly Organisations, Dementia-Friendly Technology Charter, Dementia-Friendly Towns, Department of Health Dementia Challenge, Design Council, Detection of Dangerous Situations, Developing Dementia Friendly Environments, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Digital Technology, Doncaster Dementia Strategic Partnership, Dudley, elearning Skills for Daily Living, Emerging Technology, Emotional Automata, Enabling Technology, Enhancing and Enabling Well-Being for the Person with Dementia, Enhancing Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Ethics and Consent, Fall Detectors, Falls Prevention Programmes, Family Carers, Gas Detectors, Good Quality Technology Services, GPS Tracking, Halton Borough Council, Health and Care Technology, Health Apps, Health Information Technology, Health Monitoring, Healthy Living Apps, Hertfordshire County Council, High Impact Innovations, Home Care Robots, Housing Adaptations, iFish Pond app, Impact of Caring on Carers, Independence, Independence and Relationships, Independence at Home, Independent Living, Independent Living At Home, Informal Carers, Information Technology, Innovation, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Integrated Smart Home, Involvement and Participation, Ipad Technology, Just Checking, Living Alone with Dementia, Living Well with Dementia, Local Government Association, London Borough of Croydon: AZTEC Centre, London Fire Brigade, Loneliness and Dementia, Loneliness and Social Isolation, Maintaining Independence, Memory Apps for Dementia, Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Mobile Technology, Motion Sensors, National Museums Liverpool, New Technology, NIHR Dementia and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), One Voice for Accessible ICT Coalition, Participatory Society, Pets (Robotic), Post-Diagnosis Support, Post-Diagnostic Dementia Support, Post-Discharge Support, Preventing Loneliness, Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge, Raising Awareness, Regaining Independence, Registered Nursing Home Association, Research and Innovation, Robotic Care for the Elderly, Safety, Sanctuary Supported Living, Sandwell Council, Science and Innovation, Sensors, Smart Home Adaptations, Smart Homes, Smart Housing, Smart Sensors, Social Companion Robots, Social Media, Social Networking, Social Networking Tools, South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Staffordshire, Stockport Council, Support for Carers, Technology Services, Technology Suitable for People with Dementia, Telecare Services Association, Timely Assessment, Timely Referral, trueCall Nuisance Phone Call Blocking, Tunstall Healthcare (UK), Tunstall Healthcare (UK) Ltd, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Wandering, Wandering in Dementia, Wandering Prevention Devices, Westminster Rehabilitation Services
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Exploring How Digital Technology and Social Media Can Support People Living With Dementia (Nominet Trust)
Summary This blog post on the Nominet Trust website explores the growing number of ways by which access to the internet and the use digital technology can help to support people living with dementia and enhance their quality of life. This website contains many useful … Continue reading →
Posted in Assistive Technology, Community Care, For Carers (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, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Alive, Apps, Arts4Dementia, Assisted Living Technology, Assistive Technology (AT), Assistive Technology and Telecare, Augment App, Brain Jog (Brain Training), Brain Training, Caregiver Support, Carer Support, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), Creativity and Technology, Dementia Challengers, Digital Reminiscence Therapy, Digital Technology, Emerging Technology, Enabling Technology, Flower Gardens (Digital), Gardening-Related (Digital), Health and Care Technology, Health Information Technology, iFish Pond app, Information Technology, Ipad Technology, Let’s Create! Pottery App, Memory Apps for Dementia, Memory Box Network, Midnite HD App, Mobile Technology, My Ageing Parent, NESTA, Nesta Living Map of Aging Innovators, NESTA: National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts, New Technology, Nominet Trust, Online Virtual Care Home, Personalised Carer Support, Social Media, Social Media Platforms, Sporting Memories Network, Stirling Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) Virtual Care Home, Tablet Computers, Technology and the Arts, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), Use of Social Media, Virtual Care Home (Dementia-Friendly Design Principles), Web 2.0 Social Media
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Dementia, Creativity and Technology Project (University of Stirling, Dementia Services Development Centre / EDICT)
[A brief reference to this item features in Dementia and Elderly Care: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWNHST), Volume 3 Issue 5, January 2013]. Summary This brief report, produced by the Dementia Services Development Centre (DSDC) at the University of Stirling, … Continue reading →
Posted in Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Art Therapy, Arts in Health, Artworks, Assistive Technology, Assistive Technology (AT), AT: Assistive Technology, Awareness, Awareness Raising, Creativity and Technology, Dementia Services Development Centre (University of Stirling), East Dunbartonshire Initiative for Creative Therapy & Social Care (EDICT), EDICT: East Dunbartonshire Initiative for Creative Therapy & Social Care, Engagement, Ipad Drawing App, Ipad Technology, Kirkintilloch High School, Patient Involvement, Stigma, Tablet Computers, University of Stirling, University of Stirling's Dementia Services Development Centre, User Involvement
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