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Tag Archives: Technology and the Arts
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 →
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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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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People Powered Health: Co-Production Catalogue (NESTA)
Summary This document catalogues examples of collaborative public services in action, looking particularly at those involved in health and social care. NESTA believe that co-production is potentially transformative; because it involves “re-framing the problem and re-establishing relationships to enable more … Continue reading →
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, National, NHS, Person-Centred Care, Proposed for Next Newsletter, Quick Insights, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Adult Advance Care Planning Toolkit, Adult Social Care, Blur Roles, Co-operatives, Co-Production, Co-Production Catalogue (NESTA), Co-production Self-Assessment Audit Tool, Community Empowerment, Culture of Expertise, Dependency Culture, Empowerment, Health and Social Care, Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), Integrated Resource Framework (IRF) Co-Production Learning Template, Mutual Support, Mutuals, National Endowment for Science, nef (the new economics foundation), NESTA: National Endowment for Science, People Powered Health (NESTA), People-Centred Care, Public Services Lab, Shared Lives and Supported Living Schemes, Shared Lives Carers, Social Care, Social Care Policy, Technology and the Arts, Technology and the Arts (NESTA), The Lab: Innovations in Public Services, The Other Economic Summit (TOES)
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