Next Generation of Technologies for Social Health in Dementia Care and Support

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: An introduction to technology, social health, and innovative dementia research and care

Simone Anna Felding, Sara Laureen Bartels, Kevin Quaid, Franka Meiland, Georgina Charlesworth

Chapter 2: Train and retain: An international perspective on challenges, training, and resources for early-stage researchers

Sara Laureen Bartels, Esther Loseto-Gerritzen, Charlèss Dupont, Bryony Waters-Harvey, Fania Dassen, Frans Verhey

PART 1: Apps for independence and social interaction

Chapter 3: Social media use and self-disclosure among people with dementia and family caregivers

Gianna Kohl, Wei Qi Koh, Katrina Scior, Georgina Charlesworth

Chapter 4: Benefits of personalised eHealth in dementia: Lessons from a hybrid tablet-app intervention

David Neal, Teake Ettema, Karin Dijkstra, Majon Muller, Rose-Marie Dröes,

Chapter 5: Connecting with people with dementia through digital artistic photos

Josephine Rose Orejana Tan, Caroline H.M. Planting, Soraya Clark, Petra Boersma, Teake P. Ettema, Laurence Aëgerter, Robbert Gobbens, Max L. Stek, Rose-Marie Dröes

PART 2: Websites for communication and wellbeing throughout the care trajectory

Chapter 6: How far away is it? Accessing dementia care through technologies in rural and remote areas

Mauricio Molinari-Ulate, Rebecca Woodcock, Michael P. Craven, Alfonso Bahillo, Henriëtte van der Roest, Manuel-Ángel Franco-Martín

Chapter 7: Online peer support for people with Young Onset Dementia

Esther Loseto-Gerritzen, Orii McDermott, Martin Orrell

Chapter 8: Empowering family caregivers through eHealth interventions: The potential of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Golnaz Atefi, Sara Laureen Bartels, Rosalia J.M. van Knippenberg, Frans R.J. Verhey, Marjolein E. de Vugt

Chapter 9: A website to support advance care planning for people with dementia and family caregivers

Fanny Monnet, Charlèss Dupont, Tinne Smets, Lara Pivodic, Lieve Van den Block

PART 3: Social robots in (smart) homes and care facilities

Chapter 10: Companion robots, smart homes, and digital security in dementia care

Jaroslav Cibulka, Olga Stepankova, Iva Holmerova

Chapter 11: Addressing loneliness through social robots and multimedia systems for people living with dementia in European nursing homes

Kübra Beliz Budak, Franziska Laporte Uribe, Franka Meiland, Martina Roes

Chapter 12: Designing social robots for people with dementia and mild cognitive impairments: Key considerations for user experience and acceptance

Aysan Mahmoudi, Kübra Beliz Budak, Wei Qi Koh, Henriëtte Geralde Van der Roest, Manuel Franco-Martín

Chapter 13: The woman with the dog: Relationships between pet robots and humans in a Danish nursing home for people with dementia

Simone Anna Felding, Karin Johansson, Lena Rosenberg, Sonja Teupen, Martina Roes

CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 14: Designing and implementing technology to improve social health in dementia care: An occupational perspective

Wei Qi Koh, Pascale Heins, Aisling Flynn, Aysan Mahmoudi, Lesley Garcia, Anna Brorsson, Camilla Malinowsky

Chapter 15: Advancing technology for social health: Best Practice Guidance and future directions in dementia care

Rose-Marie Dröes, Golnaz Atefi, Franka Meiland, Martin Orrell, Martina Roes, Georgina Charlesworth

Biography

Simone Anna Felding is a Social Anthropologist and a Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sara Laureen Bartels is an Assistant Professor in Psychosocial Innovation in Dementia at the Alzheimer Centrum Limburg, Mental Health and Neuroscience Research Institute, Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Franka Meiland is senior researcher and teacher, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, department of Medicine for older people, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, The Netherlands.

Georgina Charlesworth is Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, UCL, UK.