I am currently working with a residential aged care facility to investigate the use of tablet devices (ie. iPads) with older residents, with a range of health, frailty, mobility, mild cognitive issues and dementia. Any ideas on similar projects, articles, papers etc on this topic which might be useful?
http://memoryappsfordementia.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/University-of-Worcester-iPad-report-2011.pdf
Maybe this might be useful to you. If you find some interesting articles on this topic, please share.
Thank you Jaakko, it looks very useful. Your work sounds interesting too. I have a few articles on older adults and the internet and iPads.
Here is a toolkit for ICT activities to use with people with dementia in care settings, as well as a report on the research that was done prior to developing the toolkit.
Hope we can continue to share.
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/ictfordementia/
You can download the toolkit, as well as look at it online. Here's the research report link ....
http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/ictfordementia/files/researchreportforictdementiaguide.pdf
Hi Bonnie
I realise I am a year late (!) but just came across your question. I am currently working with care homes in SW England where we are starting to trial a 'tablet on wheels' to allow people to Skype to their families.
Never too late. The work is ongoing, the residential aged care facility I was working with now has a number of iPads and wifi internet access, and is now introducing the iPads to residents. I'm also looking at working with a second facility to trial a volunteer training program for care workers and other volunteers to work with residents using iPads. I've been interested to see that there is some interesting work coming out of the UK with older adults in residential care and particularly those with dementia. The University of Worcester conducted a very interesting evaluation in 2011 which I found useful. (Upton D, Upton P, Jones T, Jutlla, K and Brooker, D. Also Tim LLoyd-Yeates has done some interesting works. And of course the work I noted in my earlier posts. I'd be interested to hear how you go ... I'll be in the UK in May but unfortunately nowhere near Plymouth! Thanks Bonnie
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