Andrew Wade

£20m dementia centre to develop tech for the home

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A new research and technology centre will explore a range of innovations for monitoring and treating dementia in the home, potentially easing the burden on patients and the NHS.

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Based at Imperial College London’s White City campus, the £20m UK Dementia Research Institute Care Research and Technology Centre is a multi-partner collaboration that includes Surrey University, with financial backing coming via the Medical Research Council, Alzheimer’s Research UK and the Alzheimer’s Society. Using a combination of sensors, AI, robotics, sleep trackers and infection testing, it is hoped that a system can be developed to aid the 850,000 people suffering with dementia, a number set to jump in coming years.

“The vision for this centre is to use patient-centered technology to help people affected by dementia to live better and for longer in their own homes,” said the head of the new centre, Prof David Sharp, a neurologist at Imperial College London.

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