Technology and Dementia: The Future is Now.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
; 47(3): 131-139, 2019.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Technology has multiple potential applications to dementia from diagnosis and assessment to care delivery and supporting ageing in place.OBJECTIVES:
To summarise key areas of technology development in dementia and identify future directions and implications.METHOD:
Members of the US Alzheimer's Association Technology Professional Interest Area involved in delivering the annual pre-conference summarised existing knowledge on current and future technology developments in dementia.RESULTS:
The main domains of technology development are as follows (i) diagnosis, assessment and monitoring, (ii) maintenance of functioning, (iii) leisure and activity, (iv) caregiving and management.CONCLUSIONS:
The pace of technology development requires urgent policy, funding and practice change, away from a narrow medical approach, to a holistic model that facilitates future risk reduction and prevention strategies, enables earlier detection and supports implementation at scale for a meaningful and fulfilling life with dementia.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tecnologia
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Demência
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article