Virtual
home app to
help people with dementia
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.*
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