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Mobile app: living and dying well with dementia
Author(s) -
Bhattacharyya Sarmishtha,
Benbow Susan Mary,
Collins Eve
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.470
Subject(s) - dementia , mobile apps , internet privacy , key (lock) , psychology , focus (optics) , gerontology , aging in place , medicine , computer science , world wide web , computer security , physics , disease , pathology , optics
Digital technology is gaining wider use in healthcare. Here the authors consider whether a mobile application (app) they have developed could help promote understanding of dementia, its impact on those affected and to focus formal and family carers on key issues in end of life care.