Event Details
Location: Map here.
Lunch: served after the seminar to give the opportunity to network with other Theme members and ask any further questions from our speakers.
Please register here by 2nd May if you would like to attend lunch and the seminar.
Arlene Astell is Professor of Cyberpsychology at Northumbria University and Director of the Dementia Ageing Technology Engagement (DATE) lab having arrived from the University of Toronto in July 2023. She gained her PhD on the impact of Alzheimer's disease on speech at the University of Warwick, and subsequently trained as a Clinical Psychologist, gaining experience in memory clinics and older adult mental health services in the NHS. Over the past 20 plus years, she has led and participated in multiple national and international projects on technology, ageing and dementia in both the UK and Canada.
Abstract Dementia is defined by cognitive impairment and cognition is a primary outcome in intervention studies. Cognition is also central to the lived experience of dementia, as it underpins all aspects of daily life. Current and emerging technology including AI, mixed reality and sensors, offer increasing capability to leverage and extend cognition. Examples from current projects delivering rehabilitation, daily support and engaging activities, will be used to explore the potential of technology for dementia. Cognitive load, co-creation and challenges to development, implementation and adoption will also be considered.
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