HAPPI Hour - Dementia Friendly Technology - Still Rising to the Dementia Challenge

The Dementia and Housing Working Group (DHWG) is excited to launch the third in our quarterly 2024 webinar series focused on housing and dementia.

Event Date

Organiser

Housing LIN

Event contact

Sally Taylor-Ridgway
info@housinglin.org.uk

Overview

This webinar addresses the challenges and some solutions for people living with dementia and their families and carers in relation to technology.

Our aim is to continue to grow sector understanding on and use of how smart housing and assistive technology can enable people with dementia live well at home

We want to ensure all staff in housing related roles are supported to understand the needs of people living with dementia and how technology can help.

Target audience

This webinar is aimed at anyone involved in housing and dementia, particularly housing providers, designers, architects, local authorities and people living with dementia.

Agenda

15:30 – Chair’s opening comments
Ali Rogan, DHWG External Affairs Advisor

15:35 – The challenges related to technology for people living with dementia

  • Peter Middleton
    Living with Young Onset Dementia – the true challenge - how can we eradicate digital exclusion
     
  • Dáithí Clayton
    LGBTQI+ Dementia Advisory Group member - Challenges and opportunities in the use of technology and AI in dementia
     
  • Bryony Evans
    Network Growth and Activation Manager, Good Things Foundation – UK wide challenges and how to fix the digital divide

16:05 – Creating Dementia-Ready Homes in West Yorkshire

16:15 – Exploring solutions

  • Ben Williams
    Head of Innovation, Care City - Enabling community spaces to become more dementia friendly for people with dementia using Augmented Reality
     
  • Alex Barker
    Disability Consultant, AbilityNet – AI examples and free support

17:00 – Questions and panel debate

17.15 – Event close

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