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Closer to Nature – Interactive Installation Design for Elderly with Dementia
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See the innovative approach Carlijn Valk, a Dutch Industrial Designer working on her Ph.D. has used to bring nature closer to elderly patients with dementia and how it has helped them feel positive and think back about their past experiences.
The work was featured in the Dutch Design Week 2015 and has been presented during the 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health in Porto, Portugal and published in the Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health – Volume 1: ICT4AWE,
A wonderful installation, built and tested in three homes in the Netherlands.
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US president with dementia?
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Alzheimer’s duet
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heart warming story about a son and mother singing a duet. You can see how the music brings her partially back from her dementia.
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An Alzheimer’s cruise!!
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What a wonderful idea, a cruise for people with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers. Read the details in the link for today.
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Apply rules of improv to Alzheimer’s communication
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Wonderful story about how people apply the rules of Improv theater to communication with Alzheimer’s patients.
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