Worldwide, life expectancy and ageing‐related disorders as Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are increasing, having a rising impact on patients’ quality of life and caregivers’ distress. Telemedicine offers many possibilities, such as remote diagnosing and monitoring patients.. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.
Open access. Implementation of digital monitoring technology systems is considered beneficial for increasing the safety and quality of care for residents in nursing homes and simultaneously improving care providers’ workflow. Co-creation is a suitable approach for developing and implementing digital technologies and transforming the service accordingly. This study aimed to identify the facilitators and barriers for implementation of digital monitoring technology in residential care for persons with dementia and wandering behaviour, and explore co-creation as an implementation strategy and practice.
The results show that social robots are evident to be able to engage with older people with dementia at home. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please be clear which article you are requesting.
Imperial College London have announced a £20million centre to develop technologies to create dementia-friendly homes.
The care research and technology centre joins six national discovery science centres that collectively make up the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI).
The “Healthy Homes” project aims to help dementia patients live in the comfort of their own home for as long as possible.
The centre will use a range of approaches, including artificial intelligence, robotics and sleep monitoring, to create safer homes.
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The Nurse Manager in the Mental Health and Vascular Wellbeing Team at North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust (NSCHT) led a programme of work to introduce a digital application (app) into the care and treatment plans for service users at high risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The app was designed to digitally link the nursing and medical staff with the service user, enabling care closer to home, empowering service users, families and carers to have greater control and input into planning their treatment and care and improving service user experience and outcomes.
Remote activity monitoring may work optimally for caregivers of persons living with ADRD in specific situations (e.g., earlier stages of dementia; wandering risk), which suggests the need for appropriate needs assessments that can better target such innovations. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai
Measuring physical activity is complicated particularly in people with dementia, where activity levels are low and subjective measures are susceptible to inaccurate recall. Activity monitors are increasingly being used within research, however, it is unclear how people with dementia view wearing such devices, and what aspects of the device effect wear time. The aim of the study was to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of people with dementia wearing activity monitors.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS Athens details. To access full-text: click “Log in/Register” (top right hand side). Click ‘Institutional Login’ then select 'OpenAthens Federation', then ‘NHS England’. Enter your Athens details to view the article.
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Conclusion: Positive effects were found on aspects of QoL and fall incidents in the bathroom. The lower caregiver appreciation of work circumstances in the AHT group confirms the importance of intensive support and guidance of personnel during the implementation of AHT. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
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The scheme involves a dementia-friendly mug and plastic tumbler playing pre-set messages to patients not drinking regularly enough. They can be programmed with personalised messages from patients’ families and help ward staff keep a check.
The TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for dementia study, which involves partners the University of Surrey, Alzheimer’s Society and technology provider Howz, enables clinicians to remotely monitor the health of people with dementia living at home. It scooped the ‘Improving Care with Technology’ award in what is the world’s largest healthcare awards programme at a ceremony in London on Wednesday, 21 November.
TIHM is a based on a network of internet enabled devices, such as sensors, monitors and trackers that are installed in the home. Data streamed from these devices is analysed using data analytics and machine learning and any health problems identified are flagged on a digital dashboard and followed up by a Clinical Monitoring Team. The aim is to help people with dementia to stay well in their homes and reduce pressure on carers.
The new technology has been successfully adopted by staff in dementia wards to reduce fall rates. 100% of ward staff reported that the system had improved patient safety on the ward at night, with 79% reporting it has directly enabled them to prevent a fall.1
Pioneering advances have been made in Internet of Things technologies (IoT) in healthcare. This article describes the development and testing of a bespoke IoT system for dementia care. Technology integrated health management (TIHM) for dementia is part of the NHS England National Test Bed Programme and has involved trailing the deployment of network enabled devices combined with artificial intelligence to improve outcomes for people with dementia and their carers. To read the full article, log in using your MPFT NHS OpenAthens details.