Oomph! and Richmond Music Therapy partner to help care home residents
Live music therapy is being brought to care home residents across the UK as part of a new partnership between Oomph! and Richmond Music Therapy (RMT).
News
Grimsby Hospital gains machine to support dementia patients
Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby has used donations for a Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activities machine to support dementia patients.
Digital Patient
Norfolk and Waveney care homes pilot improves dementia care
A care home pilot tasked with improving dementia diagnosis and support has been successful and will be rolled out more widely across Norfolk and Waveney.
Clinical Software
Norfolk and Norwich use VR to deliver dementia insights for training
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has turned to virtual reality to improve clinicians understanding of living with dementia.
Clinical Software
Addenbrooke’s Hospital trials AI to help speed up dementia diagnosis
A patient at Addenbrooke’s Hospital has become one of the first in the country to take part in a trial which uses AI to help diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s.
AI and Analytics
InterSystems and Cognetivity partner up to support dementia detection tool
InterSystems is partnering up with Cognetivity to support its solution that uses AI to detect dementia up to 15 years earlier than conventional methods.
AI and Analytics
Cognetivity receives £900,000 to trial dementia detection tech with NHS
The 12-month project seeks to determine whether Cognetivity’s iPad-based cognitive assessment tool can outperform existing techniques in dementia pathways.
AI and Analytics
Using AI assessment to tackle dementia in ultra-early stages
Dementia remains the leading cause of death in England and Wales. As the NHS faces one of the biggest health crises of its generation, could artificial intelligence be key to fundamentally changing how – and when – the condition is diagnosed? Owen Hughes reports.
Feature
Manchester LHCRE to invest £14.3m in integrated care tech
One of the first areas to be addressed will be dementia, with the aim of improving care for people living with the condition.
Shared Records
Virtual reality tool improves carers understanding of dementia
The tool aims to increase empathy and understanding of lesser-know symptoms by enabling healthcare professionals to experience them first hand through VR.
Digital Patient