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About the Speaker
Professor Martin Orrell
Director of Institute of Mental Health
Head of the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology
University of Nottingham
Professor Martin Orrell is Director of the Institute of Mental Health, a partnership between the University of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Head of the Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology at the University of Nottingham. He led the research to develop and evaluate Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for dementia. CST is now established in NICE dementia guidance and in use in 30 countries. He has been awarded 7 major dementia care research grants totalling £17 million and has published 300+ academic papers. He is Chair of the Memory Services National Accreditation Panel (MSNAP). He is an NIHR Senior Investigator, President of the European Association of Geriatric Psychiatry, and a Board member of INTERDEM. He is Editor of the international journal Aging & Mental Health.
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Improving dementia care through technology
Abstract
There have been many technological innovations in dementia but little has got into practice and much of the research has lacked robust methodology and not included people with dementia and carers in the design and testing. Two recently funded EU Marie-Curie research networks programmes INDUCT (Interdisciplinary Network for Dementia Using Current Technology) and DISTINCT (Dementia: Intersectorial Strategy for Training and Innovation Network for Current Technology) support thirty Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) across Europe, who are carrying out research projects aiming to improve the lives of people with dementia and their carers through technology. These studies look examine how to get useful technology evaluated and into practice and have produced international best practice guidelines. One of the studies is illustrated by the development and testing of the app Thinkability to deliver cognitive stimulation therapy by remote access.
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