iCST Web-application for People With Dementia

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM · Sep 13, 2017

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Scientific justification:

Since the use of technology is rapidly increasing in every aspect of many people's daily lives, previous research has already begun to investigate its application and implementation in multiple areas within dementia care. An example of an area where technology and dementia come together is computerised cognitive interventions. These types of interventions build on the added benefits of computer use such as reduced cognitive decline in older adults and lower risk of receiving a diagnosis of dementia among older men with the added benefits of using one's cognitive c...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Person with dementia:
• • Meet Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM IV) criteria for dementia (American Psychiatric Association, 2013).
• • Score 10 or above on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (Folstein, Folstein, \& McHugh, 1975) or score of 16 or above on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) (Trzepacz et al., 2015) where available.
• • Some ability to communicate and understand (e.g. ability to give informed consent)
• • Ability to speak and understand English
• • See/hear well enough to participate
• • No major physical illness or disability affecting their participation
• • Age range: 50 years - no maximum age limit
• • Availability of a tablet to the person with dementia and carer
• • Availability of a carer (or friend/befriender) to participate in the focus groups, interviews and iCST web-app sessions
• Carer:
• • Minimum age: 21
• • Ability to speak and understand English
• • See/hear well enough to participate
• • No major physical illness or disability affecting their participation
• • Exclusion criteria
• Person with dementia and carer:
• • - Concurrent participation in any other interventional study for people with dementia/carers