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March 09, 2017

AcTo Dementia Website Revamp

March 09, 2017/ Phil Joddrell

Visitors to the site over the last few months may have noticed a lack of new content. During this time we have been working on updating the website to take into account the feedback we have received over the last year since launch. These changes should hopefully make browsing the site and finding app recommendations a smoother process. 

Going forward, whilst our app reviews won't be quite as frequent as they used to be, we are hoping to share a new recommendation each month. To do this we need suggestions of what games and activities we should focus on, as we are running out of ideas! If there is a particularly kind of game or activity that you would like us to look into, please get in touch, either in the comments section of this post (below), the public forum, sending us a private message or through Twitter. We'd love to hear your ideas and if we can find an app that meets our high standards for people living with dementia, we'll post it on the site. 

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Phil Joddrell

Phil is a PhD student at the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) in the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. He has eight years' experience working with people living with dementia in both clinical and research environments. Phil’s PhD is investigating the use of touchscreen technology with people with dementia, with the aim of increasing the accessibility of existing apps.

Phil completed his undergraduate degree in Psychology at the University of York in 2007 and went on to work as an Assistant Psychologist in the older adult services at The Retreat, a not for profit provider of specialist mental health care in York.

In 2013, Phil decided to make the move into research and joined the Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Group within ScHARR, working as a Research Assistant on two projects in the field of dementia care. InTouch explored the potential of games on touchscreen tablet computers for people with dementia and DigIT is developing an evidence-based protocol for the evaluation of assistive technology designed for people with dementia.

Phil’s research interests are focused on improving the quality of life for people diagnosed with dementia using everyday technologies.

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AcTo Dementia is a resource for people who are looking for support in identifying touchscreen activities for people living with dementia. The website contains reviews of apps that have been selected as potentially suitable for people with dementia, information on how to use touchscreen tablets in this context and a guide for users to access so that they can identify suitable apps themselves. It also contains news and publications from our specialist research group comprising researchers from the University of Sheffield in the UK and the University of Toronto in Canada.

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