Dementia project to expand with Bluetooth technology

A pioneering wristband scheme to help people with dementia who go missing is to be expanded. Avon and Somerset Police offers the wristbands, external for free to families, which can be scanned to ... Read More

Bluetooth wristbands to be given to dementia sufferers - BBC

Dementia project to expand with Bluetooth technology. 27 September 2024. Share Save. Joe Sims & Jonathan Holmes. BBC News, West of England. Share Save. ... Now the wristbands will use Bluetooth ... Read More

Bluetooth SIG Targets 6 GHz Frequency Band - Business Wire

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association that oversees Bluetooth® technology, today announced a new specification development Bluetooth SIG Targets 6 GHz Frequency Band ... Read More

Technology use may lower risk for dementia, study finds | CNN

But the authors discovered that the digital dementia hypothesis may not bear out: Their analysis of 57 studies totaling 411,430 older adults found technology use was associated with a 42% lower ... Read More

Can Technology Ease The Burden Of Caring For People With Dementia? : Shots - Health News - NPR

Things like activity trackers and sensors might make it easier to keep people with dementia safe and help caregivers. Researchers are going to test that idea in the real world. Read More

New technology aims to provide peace and positive stimulation to dementia patients - Medical Xpress

Many people living with dementia reside in long-term care facilities, where the lack of stimulation can result in behaviors such as hitting, screaming, and wandering. Common measures to avoid such ... Read More

Using Technology to Help in Dementia Care - KQED

Millions more will suffer from dementia caused by other diseases, such as Parkinson’s, frontotemporal dementia or just regular aging. Together, these diseases may become the most expensive segment of ... Read More

Saline students use technology to connect with senior citizens with dementia

SALINE, MI - Saline High School students have completed a video project to help jog the memories of senior citizens with dementia. Four high schoolers got involved last summer with a months-long ... Read More

My Parents’ Dementia Felt Like the End of Joy. Then Came the Robots

Forget the crappy caregiver bots and puppy-eyed seals. When my parents got sick, I turned to a new generation of roboticists—and their glowing, talking, blobby creations. Read More

New technology aims to provide peace and positive stimulation to dementia patients - ScienceDaily

New technology aims to provide peace and positive stimulation to dementia patients. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 9, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 06 / 170628095910.htm ... Read More