THEY say that 70 is the new 40, that life as a septuagenarian is as vibrant and energetic as it might once have been. But as we get older, a lot of us have what we refer to as ‘senior moments’, when we start to forget things or get confused. Some of my friends think I am confused all the time.
For some however, more than half a million Australians, the loss of memory is more severe and impacts on them and all the people around them. I am talking about those inflicted with one of the several levels of dementia.
Dementia Australia has launched an innovative mobile app that improves quality of care for people living with dementia by building the skills of home support and community care workers.
Ask Annie is a mobile app that offers short, self-paced learning modules to help home support and community care workers refresh their skills and learn tips and techniques to provide better care to people living with dementia.
‘Annie’ is a virtual tool for community care workers providing dementia care in the home. Annie guides users through a range of scenarios, based on real life experiences, to strengthen their dementia care skills.
Ask Annie was developed by Dementia Australia with Deakin University’s Applied Artificial Intelligence Institute (A2I2), thanks to the generous support of Gandel Philanthropy.
Ask Annie can be purchased through Dementia Australia’s Centre for Dementia Learning: https://dementialearning.org.au/askannie
