Smartphone App Can Help People With Dementia Boil a Kettle

The "How do I?" smartphone application to be funded by a leading British charity is designed to help persons with dementia perform everyday tasks, reports iNews . The app flashes videos to phones, prompting users to perform daily routines, as well as remind them of forgotten memories. The funding announcement coincided with published estimates from Alzheimer's Society for Dementia Action Week, calculating that 120,000 people currently living alone with dementia will double in the next two decades. "Technology and innovation has the power to transform lives, and we want to harness this power for the 850,000 people living with dementia across the U.K.," said Alzheimer's Society Chief Executive Jeremy Hughes. "While we work tirelessly to find a cure for this devastating disease, technologies like 'How do I?' . . . can help improve care and lives for everyone living with dementia today. Through assistive technology we can transform our understanding of how to best manage dementia."