Alzheimer Hellas participates in the development of an innovative mobile game. Game4CoSkills http://game4coskills.eu/ is a European Erasmus+ programme. Six countries participate in this project: France (Interactive 4D), Austria (Austrian Association of Inclusive Society-AIS), Italy (Euro-Net), Greece (Alzheimer Hellas), Cyprus (Synthesis Center for Research and Education) and Turkey (Avrasya Yenilikçi Toplum Derneği). The duration of the project is 24 months. The aim of Game4CoSkills is to developed a new mobile game, which improves eight cognitive skills of adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID). Result 1 and Result 2 have been completed. In Result 1, a study was conducted on the cognitive skills of adults with ID such as Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Autism and Down Syndrome. 329 health professionals provided details of the profile of people with ID. Additionally, in Result 1, it is shown that people with ID have often or sometimes difficulties in recognizing colors of a picture.
There are also significant difficulties with the use of memory skills as most of the adults with ID show deficits in remembering a name and where they placed a personal item. They also show difficulties with the calculation, while some have completely lost this ability. The skills of logical thinking, accuracy, dexterity, multitasking, and attention to detail are declined. Finally, it is reported that they have difficulties in playing mobile games, but most of them can use a mobile phone with or without difficulty. In Result 2, the mobile game was developed based on Result 1 and the pilot study is now implemented with people with ID and health professionals playing the game in all partner countries. The game has been uploaded on Google Play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Interactive4D.g4cs and can be found also on the PC version: https://game4co.eu
Available languages are English, French, Italian, Greek, German and Turkish. In July the partners visited Thessaloniki, where Alzheimer Hellas has scheduled the meeting for the progress of the project. The pilot study in Thessaloniki will take place during the month of September.
