Co-developing a social exergaming platform to help older adults with mild memory problems maintain functional independence

对于痴呆症患者(PWD)来说，最终失去独立性是必然的。问题不是会不会，而是残障人士何时会失去独立性，需要援助才能完成哪怕是简单的任务。丧失独立性会给残障人士、他们的家人和朋友带来严重的情绪困扰。这对提供无偿护理的亲人的身心健康造成了沉重的负担，每年给英国经济造成超过290亿英镑的损失。我们的目标是帮助轻度痴呆症患者尽可能长时间地保持独立，因为我们相信在整个痴呆症之旅中仍有可能生活得很好，衰老得很好。我们知道，保持身体活动、认知刺激和社交活动可以让轻度痴呆症患者保持更长时间的独立。与残疾人士共同创作，我们将采取全面的方法，设计促进平衡生活方式的视频游戏。使用动作捕捉技术，这些游戏将促进身体活动，具有认知刺激作用，并可以与其他人一起玩。在短期内，这应该会推迟残疾人士失去独立的时间点，推迟他们进入辅助生活，并促进整体福祉。从长远来看，这些游戏可以延迟或预防许多与年龄相关的临床疾病，帮助临床专业人员诊断和管理各种疾病，并促进被诊断为各种临床疾病的老年人的独立性和幸福感。通过推广健康的生活方式，这些游戏应该会降低各种原因造成的死亡率。总而言之，这些产出将减少与丧失独立性相关的个人和社会成本。

For people living with dementia (PWD) the eventual loss of independence is a certainty. The question is not if, but when PWD will lose independence and need assistance to accomplish even simple tasks. Losing independence causes severe emotional distress to PWD, their families, and friends. It is taxing to the physical and mental health of loved ones who provide unpaid care, and costs the UK economy over £29 billion per year. Our goal is to help people with mild dementia remain independent for as long as possible as we believe it is still possible to live well, and age well, throughout the dementia journey. We know that staying physically active, cognitively stimulated, and socially engaged can keep people with mild dementia independent for longer. With PWD as co-creators, we will take a holistic approach and design video games that promote a balanced lifestyle. Using motion capture technology, the games would promote physical activity, be cognitively stimulating, and can be played socially with others. In the short term, this should delay the point at which PWD lose independence, delay their move into assisted living, and promote general wellbeing. In the long-term, these games could delay or prevent many age-associated clinical disorders, aid clinical professionals in diagnosing and managing diverse conditions, and promote independence and wellbeing in older adults diagnosed with varied clinical conditions. Through the promotion of a healthy lifestyle, these games should reduce all-cause mortality. Together, these outputs will reduce the individual and societal costs associated with loss of independence.