From September 2016 until September 2019 fifteen Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) at seven universities in Europe investigated different topics of technology use in dementia within the EU-Marie Sklodowska Curie-funded INDUCT Innovative Training Network. The recommendations resulting from their projects were integrated in a Best Practice Guidance on Interaction with Technology in Dementia. On 24 October, during the parallel session organised by INDUCT at the 29 Alzheimer Europe Conference in the Hague, the web-based version of this Best Practice Guidance was officially launched by the research coordinator of INDUCT, Prof. Rose-Marie Dröes.
After an introduction by INDUCT coordinator Prof. Martin Orrell, who explained the aim and methods of INDUCT, 11 ESRs pitched some of the recommendations that emerged from their research projects. The dynamic web-based Best Practice Guidance already contains more than 40 recommendations in three different areas of technology (everyday life, meaningful activities, and health care) relevant for a variety of target groups, such as users, designers/developers, care professionals and providers, researchers, politicians and the media. Each target group can easily find specific recommendations relevant to them by means of theme and target group-oriented search engines. Additional recommendations will be added in the coming months. Recommendations resulting from the newly-launched DISTINCT-ITN project (2019-2023), which will focus on technology to promote social health in people with dementia, will be included in this web-based Best Practice Guidance in the coming years.
Take a look at www.dementiainduct.eu/guidance/ and find out which recommendations are relevant to you! You can also download the full PDF of the Best Practice Guidance with all recommendations.
