Potential for Digital Monitoring to Enhance Wellbeing at Home for People with Mild Dementia and Their Family Carers

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Digital technologies have the potential to assist people with dementia to monitor day to day activities and mitigate the risks of living independently. This purposive pilot study surveyed participants for frailty, wellbeing, and perceived carer burden using the 3Rings™ digital plug. 30 paired participants used the digital device for four months. People with dementia reported a decline in wellbeing and increased frailty. Family carers reported a decline in wellbeing but 18 reported a reduction in burden. The use of digital monitoring by family carers demonstrated a reduction in their perceived burden and the device was acceptable to people with mild dementia living alone.

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Fowler-Davis, S., Barnett, D., Kelley, J., & Curtis, D. (2020). Potential for Digital Monitoring to Enhance Wellbeing at Home for People with Mild Dementia and Their Family Carers. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease : JAD, 73(3), 867–872. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-190844

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