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Assistive technologies to address capabilities of people with dementia: from research to practice

Kenigsberg, Paul-Ariel; Aquino, Jean-Pierre; B�rard, Alain; Br�mond, Fran�ois; Charras, Kevin; Dening, Tom; Dr�es, Rose-Marie; Gzil, Fabrice; Hicks, Ben; Innes, Anthea; Nguyen, Mai; Nyg�rd, Louise; Pino, Maribel; Sacco, Guillaume; Salmon, Eric; Roest, Henri�tte van der; Villet, Herv�; Villez, Marion; Robert, Philippe; Manera, Valeria

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Paul-Ariel Kenigsberg

Jean-Pierre Aquino

Alain B�rard

Fran�ois Br�mond

Kevin Charras

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TOM DENING TOM.DENING@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Clinical Professor in Dementia Research

Rose-Marie Dr�es

Fabrice Gzil

Ben Hicks

Anthea Innes

Mai Nguyen

Louise Nyg�rd

Maribel Pino

Guillaume Sacco

Eric Salmon

Henri�tte van der Roest

Herv� Villet

Marion Villez

Philippe Robert

Valeria Manera



Abstract

Assistive technologies (AT) became pervasive and virtually present in all our life domains. They can be either an enabler or an obstacle leading to social exclusion. The Fondation Médéric Alzheimer gathered international experts of dementia care, with backgrounds in biomedical, human and social sciences, to analyse how AT can address the capabilities of people with dementia, on the basis of their needs. Discussion covered the unmet needs of people with dementia, the domains of daily life activities where AT can provide help to people with dementia, the enabling and empowering impact of technology to improve their safety and wellbeing, barriers and limits of use, technology assessment, ethical and legal issues. The capability approach (possible freedom) appears particularly relevant in person-centered dementia care and technology development. The focus is not on the solution, rather on what the person can do with it: seeing dementia as disability, with technology as an enabler to promote capabilities of the person, provides a useful framework for both research and practice. This article summarizes how these concepts took momentum in professional practice and public policies in the past fifteen years (2000-2015), discusses current issues in the design, development and economic model of AT for people with dementia, and covers how these technologies are being used and assessed.

Citation

Kenigsberg, P., Aquino, J., Bérard, A., Brémond, F., Charras, K., Dening, T., …Manera, V. (2019). Assistive technologies to address capabilities of people with dementia: from research to practice. Dementia, 18(4), 1568-1595. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301217714093

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 16, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 12, 2017
Publication Date 2019-05
Deposit Date May 18, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Dementia
Print ISSN 1471-3012
Electronic ISSN 1741-2684
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 18
Issue 4
Pages 1568-1595
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301217714093
Keywords dementia, assistive technologies, capabilities, empowerment, assessment, ethics, human rights, psychosocial model of disability, public policies, economics
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/872486
Publisher URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1471301217714093

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