Analysing a broad range of digital health innovations and research studies that demonstrate working collaboratively with people with dementia and their caregivers, this timely volume offers new insights, latest evidence, and research-based solutions for managing the role of technology in dementia care and support.
Analysing a broad range of digital health innovations and research studies that demonstrate working collaboratively with people with dementia and their caregivers, this timely volume offers new insights, latest evidence, and research-based solutions for managing the role of technology in dementia care and support.
The book comprehensively examines four key research areas: the role of technology in addressing the diversity of needs in dementia care and support, the effectiveness of social media websites in meeting care and support needs, the assessment of smartphone apps and websites in helping increase independence and social interactions, and the use of social robots at home and in institutional care settings. Chapters highlight the rigorous development, evaluation, and implementation of technologies such as apps and co-created websites by combining experience and research from leaders in the field, early-career researchers, and their collaborators with applied knowledge in the field. Benefitting significantly from research funded through the European Marie-Curie training network, DISTINCT (Dementia: Intersectoral Strategies for Training and Innovation Network for Current Technology), contributions are truly international, spanning across Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the UK, and Spain.
Serving as a vital resource and inspiration for future research and clinical practice, this volume will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of gerontology and ageing, dementia, and medical technology and engineering. Policy makers may also find this volume of use.
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: An introduction to technology, social health, and innovative
dementia research and care
Simone Anna Felding, Sara Laureen Bartels, Kevin Quaid, Franka Meiland,
Georgina Charlesworth
Chapter 2: Train and retain: An international perspective on challenges,
training, and resources for early-stage researchers
Sara Laureen Bartels, Esther Loseto-Gerritzen, Charlèss Dupont, Bryony
Waters-Harvey, Fania Dassen, Frans Verhey
PART 1: Apps for independence and social interaction
Chapter 3: Social media use and self-disclosure among people with dementia
and family caregivers
Gianna Kohl, Wei Qi Koh, Katrina Scior, Georgina Charlesworth
Chapter 4: Benefits of personalised eHealth in dementia: Lessons from a
hybrid tablet-app intervention
David Neal, Teake Ettema, Karin Dijkstra, Majon Muller, Rose-Marie Dröes,
Chapter 5: Connecting with people with dementia through digital artistic
photos
Josephine Rose Orejana Tan, Caroline H.M. Planting, Soraya Clark, Petra
Boersma, Teake P. Ettema, Laurence Aëgerter, Robbert Gobbens, Max L. Stek,
Rose-Marie Dröes,
PART 2: Websites for communication and wellbeing throughout the care
trajectory
Chapter 6: How far away is it? Accessing dementia care through technologies
in rural and remote areas
Mauricio Molinari-Ulate, Rebecca Woodcock, Michael P. Craven, Alfonso
Bahillo, Henriëtte van der Roest, Manuel-Ángel Franco-Martín
Chapter 7: Online peer support for people with Young Onset Dementia
Esther Loseto-Gerritzen, Orii McDermott, Martin Orrell
Chapter 8: Empowering family caregivers through eHealth interventions: The
potential of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Golnaz Atefi, Sara Laureen Bartels, Rosalia J.M. van Knippenberg, Frans R.J.
Verhey, Marjolein E. de Vugt
Chapter 9: A website to support advance care planning for people with
dementia and family caregivers
Fanny Monnet, Charlèss Dupont, Tinne Smets, Lara Pivodic, Lieve Van den
Block
PART 3: Social robots in (smart) homes and care facilities
Chapter 10: Companion robots in dementia care: A scoping review and
considerations for smart homes and security
Jaroslav Cibulka, Olga Stepankova, Iva Holmerova
Chapter 11: Addressing loneliness with social robots and multimedia systems
for people living with dementia in European nursing homes
Authors: Kübra Beliz Budak, Franziska Laporte Uribe, Franka Meiland, Martina
Roes
Chapter 12: Designing social robots for people with dementia and mild
cognitive impairments: Key considerations for user experience and acceptance
Authors: Aysan Mahmoudi, Kübra Beliz Budak, Wei Qi Koh, Henriëtte Geralde Van
der Roest, Manuel Franco-Martín
Chapter 13: The woman with the dog: Relationships between pet robots and
humans in a Danish nursing home for people with dementia
Authors: Simone Anna Felding, Karin Johansson, Lena Rosenberg, Sonja Teupen,
Martina Roes
CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 14: Designing and implementing technology to improve social health in
dementia care: An occupational perspective
Authors: Wei Qi Koh, Pascale Heins, Aisling Flynn, Aysan Mahmoudi, Lesley
Garcia, Anna Brorsson, Camilla Malinowsky
Chapter 15: Advancing technology for social health: Best Practice Guidance
and future directions in dementia care
Authors: Rose-Marie Dröes, Golnaz Atefi, Franka Meiland, Martin Orrell,
Martina Roes, Georgina Charlesworth
Simone Anna Felding is a Social Anthropologist and a Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Sara Laureen Bartels is an Assistant Professor in Psychosocial Innovation in Dementia at the Alzheimer Centrum Limburg, Mental Health and Neuroscience Research Institute, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.
Franka Meiland is senior researcher and teacher, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, department of Medicine for older people, Amsterdam UMC, The Netherlands.
Georgina Charlesworth is Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL, UK.
