New app to help dementia sufferers
A new app created in Australia has been designed to help people living with dementia.
The Dementia-Friendly Home app, created by Alzheimer’s Australia Vic and launched on Wednesday, is designed to help carers better understand visual and spatial challenges of people living with dementia and by doing so understand how to adapt the homes so that those living with dementia may be able to stay living in the community for longer.
The app allows you to navigate and explore a virtual home and investigate areas where certain décor choices might provide challenges for dementia sufferers.
The app is made to the 10 Dementia Enabling Environment Principles," developed by academics Richard Fleming and Kirsty Bennett of the University of Wollongong.
This includes reducing visual stimulation to avoid causing stress, creating clear pathways free of obstacles and personalising areas with familiar object.
The app is available through the App Store here and through Google Play here.
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