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P63: Best Practice Guidance on Human Interaction with Technology in Dementia Update June 2023 – Recommendations from the INDUCT and DISTINCT Networks
- Rose-Marie Dröes, Yvette Vermeer, Sébastien Libert, Gianna Kohl, Sophie Gaber, Sarah Wallcook, Harleen Rai, Aline Cavalcanti Barroso, Esther Gerritzen, Joeke van Santen, Floriana Mangiaracina, Kim Beentjes, David Neal, Josephine Tan, Sara Bartels, Hannah Christie, Pascale Heins, Golnaz Atefi, Rose Miranda, Annelien van Dael, Fanny Monnet, Kate Shiells, Ángel C. Pinto Bruno, Angie Alejandra Diaz, Mauricio Molinari Ulate, Aysan Mahmoudi Asl, Simone Fielding, Beliz Budak, Viktoria Hoel, Wei Qi Koh, Jaroslav Cibulka, Lieve Van den Block, Lara Pivodic, Dympna Casey, Georgina Charlesworth, Karin Dijkstra, Teake Ettema, Manuel Franco Martin, Paul Higgs, Iva Holmerova, Camilla Malinowsky, Orii McDermott, Franka Meiland, Louise Nygard, Martina Roes, Henriëtte van der Roest, Justine Schneider, Olga Stepankova, Annemieke van Straten, Elaine Toomey, Frans Verhey, Marjolein de Vugt, Karin Wolf-Ostermann, Martin Orrell
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 35 / Issue S1 / December 2023
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- 02 February 2024, pp. 158-159
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Objective:
INDUCT (Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Using Current Technology), and DISTINCT (Dementia Inter-sectorial strategy for training and innovation network for current technology) are two Marie Sklodowska-Curie funded International Training Networks that aimed to develop a multi-disciplinary, inter-sectorial educational research framework for Europe to improve technology and care for people with dementia, and to provide the evidence to show how technology can improve the lives of people with dementia.
Methods:In INDUCT (2016-2020) 15 Early Stage Researchers worked on projects in the areas of Technology to support everyday life; technology to promote meaningful activities; and healthcare technology. In DISTINCT (2019-2023) 15 Early Stage Researchers worked on technology to promote Social health in three domains: fulfilling ones potential and obligations in society, managing one’s own life, and participation in social and other meaningful activities.
Both networks adopted three transversal objectives: 1) To determine practical, cognitive and social factors needed to make technology more useable for people with dementia; 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of specific contemporary technology; 3) To trace facilitators and barriers for implementation of technology in dementia care.
Results:The main recommendations resulting from all research projects are integrated in a web-based digital Best Practice Guidance on Human Interaction with Technology in Dementia which was recently updated (Dec 2022 and June 2023) and will be presented at the congress. The recommendations are meant for different target groups, i.e. people in different stages of dementia, their (in)formal carers, policy makers, designers and researchers, who can easily find the recommendations relevant to them in the Best Practice Guidance by means of a digital selection tool.
Conclusions:The INDUCT/DISTINCT Best Practice Guidance informs on how to improve the development, usage, impact and implementation of technology for people with dementia in various technology areas. This Best Practice Guidance is the result of intensive collaborative partnership of INDUCT and DISTINCT with academic and non-academic partners as well as the involvement of representatives of the different target groups throughout the projects.
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- Rose-Marie Dröes, Yvette Vermeer, Sébastien Libert, Sophie Gaber, Sarah Wallcook, Harleen Rai, Aline Cavalcanti Barroso, Joeke van Santen, Floriana Mangiaracina, Kim Beentjes, Sara Bartels, Hannah Christie, Rose Miranda, Annelien van Dael, Kate Shiells, Ángel C. Pinto Bruno, Angie Alejandra Diaz, Lieve Van den Block, Lara Pivodic, Louise Nygard, Manuel Franco Martin, Paul Higgs, Iva Holmerova, Camilla Malinowsky, Franka Meiland, Henriëtte van der Roest, Justine Schneider, Annemieke van Straten, Frans Verhey, Marjolein de Vugt, Martin Orrell
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 32 / Issue S1 / October 2020
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- 04 November 2020, p. 103
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The Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Using Current Technology, INDUCT, is a Marie Sklodowska Curie funded International Training Network that aims to develop a multi-disciplinary, inter-sectorial educational research framework for Europe to improve technology and care for people with dementia, and to provide the evidence to show how technology can improve the lives of people with dementia. Within INDUCT (2016-2020) 15 Early Stage Researchers worked on projects in the areas of Technology to support every day life; technology to promote meaningful activities; and health care technology.
Three transversal objectives were adopted by INDUCT: 1) To determine the practical, cognitive and social factors needed to make technology more useable for people with dementia; 2) To evaluate the effectiveness of specific contemporary technology; and 3) To trace facilitators and barriers for implementation of technology in dementia care.
The main recommendations resulting from the research projects are integrated in a web-based digital Best Practice Guidance on Human Interaction with Technology in Dementia which will be presented at the congress. The recommendations are meant to be helpful for different target groups, i.e. people with dementia, their formal and informal carers, policy makers, designers and researchers, who can easily select the for them relevant recommendations in the Best Practice Guidance by means of a selection tool. The main aim of the Best Practice Guidance is to improve the development, usage and implementation of technology for people with dementia in the three mentioned technology areas.
This Best Practice Guidance is the result of the intensive collaborative partnership of INDUCT with academic and non-academic partners as well as the involvement of representatives of the different target groups throughout the INDUCT project.
Acknowledgements: The research presented was carried out within the Marie Sklodowska Curie International Training Network (ITN) action, H2020-MSCA-ITN-2015, grant agreement number 676265.
Self-management and social participation in community-dwelling people with mild dementia: a review of measuring instruments
- Floriana Mangiaracina, Franka Meiland, Yvonne Kerkhof, Martin Orrell, Maud Graff, Rose-Marie Dröes
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 31 / Issue 9 / September 2019
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- 06 February 2019, pp. 1267-1285
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Background:
In order to evaluate interventions promoting social health in people with dementia it is essential to have reliable and valid measures. The present review aims to provide an overview of available instruments for the assessment of two domains of social health in community-dwelling people with mild dementia, i.e., the ability to manage life with some degree of independence (self-management) and participation in social activities.
Methods:An electronic search was conducted in the following databases: PubMed, CINAHL, and PsycINFO. Characteristics of the instruments, feasibility and psychometric properties of the instruments included are reported on.
Results:We identified eight instruments measuring aspects of self-management and three instruments measuring social participation. Validity and reliability of self-management instruments varied between moderate and good. Little information was found on the psychometric properties of the instruments for social participation. In general, feasibility and responsiveness data regarding application in community-dwelling people with dementia were scarce for both types of instruments.
Conclusions:Future research into assessment tools for social health should focus on the development of instruments for self-management that also cover the areas of coping with and adapting to the emotional consequences of the disease; instruments for social participation covering the involvement in social interactions that are experienced as meaningful by the person; and on the psychometric properties and responsiveness of instruments. More attention should also be given to the feasibility (ease of use) of these instruments for people with mild dementia, professionals, and researchers.