Digital Health for People with dementia Date 18.02.2019PR190312 – Parliament hosts National Conference on Dementia Attard, C. (2019) Digital Health Technology to improve quality of life of carers and people with dementia. Maltese Parliament, first national conference on dementia. Significant progress has been achieved in IT, making Malta a leading […]
Volunteers of all ages will be needed Times of Malta In marking World Alzheimer’s Day tomorrow, local researchers are looking for solutions to the challenging issue of people with dementia wandering off. The research, which includes wearable devices that use electronic monitoring, has already involved patients at the early stages […]
A new study is trying to help people with dementia become more independent, via devices that use complex algorithms to recognise human activities. Simultaneously, their carers will receive unique insights into the condition. Here, Iggy Fenech chats to Dr Conrad Attard to understand how pervasive electronic monitoring works and what impact it is having. Published Feb […]
A documentary following 79-year-old Tom Sivyer after he was diagnosed with vascular dementia, filmed by his grandson Dominic. Shot over two years, the film is told through Dominic’s eyes as he struggles to look after his grandad while, at the same time, his grandparents’ relationship begins to suffer as a […]