Virtual home app to help people with dementia
 

Virtual home app to help people with dementia
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A new Australian app uses 3D simulations of a home environment to help people living with dementia.*

Created by*Alzheimer's Australia Vic and launched on Wednesday, the Dementia-Friendly Home app allows carers to better understand some of the visual and spatial challenges people with dementia*— a collection of symptoms caused by brain disorders*that make daily life*progressively*difficult —*may face as they move about their homes.*

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The organisation was looking at ways to showcase the dementia-friendly home, Alzheimer's Australia Vic Business Development Manager*Tanya Petrovich*told Mashable Australia.*If homes can be better adapted for those living with dementia*they may be*able to stay living in the community for longer.* Read more...


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