Multi-million pound centre for dementia research opened
A multi-million pound centre for research into the use of technology to improve dementia care has been officially opened.
The UK Dementia Research Institute Care Research & Technology Centre brings together scientists from a range of backgrounds, including medicine, engineering, computer science and synthetic biology to develop a range of ‘smart’ technologies – from artificial intelligence to sleep monitoring – to enable people affected by dementia to live safety and independently in their own homes as long as possible.
Around 900,000 people in the UK have dementia, of which over 60% are living in the community. According to a report by Alzheimer’s Society, 85% of people would choose to live at home for as long as possible if they were diagnosed with dementia.