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Assistive technology as a means of supporting people with dementia: a review
- Authors:
- BONNER Steve, IDRIS Tahir
- Publisher:
- Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Awareness of Assistive Technology (AT) products, devices and solutions available is still sketchy and variable around the UK. There is almost a ‘postcode lottery’ relating to the quality of AT solutions available to people with dementia due to the varying approaches taken around the country. This paper reviews the current policy and practice in relation to AT supporting people to live well with dementia, including different housing settings and rounding off with some good practice case studies which highlight the wide array of technology solutions available. Included in this review are: a brief summary of different types of AT; a review of policy initiatives, including legislation, which have attempted to encourage the greater use of AT; ethical considerations; current practice by major housing providers; good practice examples; and people with dementia’s experience.
This is the house that JAD built
- Authors:
- POLLOCK Ricky, BONNER Steve, GIBBONS Katrina
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 8(4), July 2000, pp.20-22.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
Gives an example of appropriate design and technology in action to help the person with dementia, the 'Dementia Friendly House', built as part of the Glasgow '99 Just Another Disability (JAD) project.