Study finds innovations developed to help with dementia can cause feelings of incapacity - THIIS Magazine

Research highlights the disconnect between how AT is developed and how it works in practice - AT Today - Assistive Technology

A new study by the University of Chichester in collaboration with a range of universities and charities across the South coast highlights the critical gap between technological promise and lived reality for people with dementia. It found that innovation developed with the intention to help people, such as voice-assisted devices, can instead cause anxiety, frustration, and increase feelings of incapacity. The team, supported by Professor Antonina…

Study finds innovations developed to help with dementia can cause feelings of incapacity - THIIS Magazine

Academics have highlighted the gap between technological promise and lived reality for people with dementia in a new study.