Investigation and Development of Software Solutions for Mobile Applications to Support People with Dementia, Professionals, and Family Members

8年来，DementiAbility一直在教授和传播有关如何有效支持痴呆症患者的循证知识，并提供日常护理资源。他们开发和销售资源和产品，包括游戏，书籍和音频产品，以帮助痴呆症患者取得成功。目前，他们提供这些产品作为纸基产品。这种方法在以速度、效率、易于访问和可扩展性向客户提供支持方面存在局限性。他们希望开发包含其产品的软件，以便使用平板电脑进行访问和快速访问。DementiAbility没有软件开发专业知识来规划技术基础、原型设计和创建软件。莫霍克学院移动健康和电子健康数字创新中心（MEDIC）拥有丰富的数字健康经验，为健康业务挑战提供解决方案。DementiAbility和MEDIC将合作开发专门设计和构建的软件，以包含支持痴呆症患者，护理人员和家庭的数字产品，以减少痴呆症的影响，提高信心和生活质量。MEDIC和DementiAbility将研究最佳的软件架构、功能、设计和用户体验;并开发一个包含支持产品的平台。 加拿大公共卫生署（PHAC）指出，痴呆症是一组可以影响语言，情绪和行为的症状，它可能表现为认知能力的下降。PHAC指出，402，000名65岁及以上的老年人患有痴呆症，这是需要基于证据的资源的人口的重要组成部分，这些资源可以暴露他们的能力，并且他们将受益于将重点从损失转移到改善他们的生活。DementiAbility预测，由于这款软件，销售额将增长40%，国际销售额也将增长。

DementiAbility has been teaching and distributing evidence-based knowledge about how to effectively support those living with dementia and provide day-to-day caregiver resources for 8-years. They develop and sell resources and products, including games, books, and audio offerings to help people with dementia achieve success. Currently, they offer these products as paper-based products. This method has limitations in delivering support to their clients with speed, efficiency, easy access and scalability. They would like to develop software that contains their products for accessible and quick access with tablets. DementiAbility does not have the software development expertise to plan the technical foundation, prototype designs, and create the software. The Mohawk College mHealth and eHealth Digital Innovation Centre (MEDIC) has extensive digital health experiences with building solutions for health business challenges. DementiAbility and MEDIC will collaborate to develop software specifically designed and built to contain digital products that support people living with dementia, caregivers, and family to reduce dementia impacts, increase confidence and quality of life. MEDIC and DementiAbility will investigate the optimal software architecture, functionality, design, and user experience; and to develop a platform that will contain the support products. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) notes that dementia is a set of symptoms that can affect language, mood and behaviour, and it may appear as a decline in cognitive abilities. PHAC noted 402,000 people 65-years and older are living with dementia, which is a significant portion of the population that need evidence-based resources that expose their abilities and who will benefit from shifting the focus from loss to enhancements in their lives. DementiAbility is forecasting a 40% increase in sales and an increase in their international sales as a result of this software.