Latest news on touchscreen apps for people living with dementia and our research. Including activities, games and support for the Apple iPad and more.
The White Rose Dementia Symposium took place on Tuesday 24th May 2016, uniting researchers from the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York to present their work on dementia.
Read MoreA collaboration between Alzheimer's Research UK, Deutsche Telecom and researchers from University College London and the University of East Anglia has led to the creation of a touchscreen mobile game that collects data from players to support dementia research.
Read MoreOn Saturday 23rd April 2016, AcTo Dementia was one of the projects demonstrated at The University of Sheffield event Life: A Festival of Health, from Head to Toe.
Read MoreToday sees the launch of a brand new website, AcTo Dementia, where the primary focus is to recommend Accessible Touchscreen apps for people living with dementia.
Read MoreApple have released the latest software update for their handheld devices range, iOS 9.3.
Read MoreAcTo 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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AcTo Dementia is an international research project funded by CATCH (The University of Sheffield) and AGE-WELL, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Reading and KITE at the Toronto Rehabilitation Insitute.
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