AWARD YEAR
2021
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being, Reduced Inequality, Trust, Tolerance & Empathy
KEYWORDS
Dementia , app, artificial intelligence, screening, detection
COUNTRY
United Kingdom
DESIGNED BY
Hamzah Selim
WEBSITE
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/oct/mindset4dementia-app-uses-ai-next-generation-screening-tool
Mindset4Dementia
An app that uses games and artificial intelligence to screen people for signs of dementia.
The Mindset4Dementia app follows the NHS approach for dementia screening. It screens for neurological anomalies by using cognitive games. It also asks questions around age, health and lifestyle to assess: (1) short and long-term memory concentration and attention span, (2) language and communication skills & (3) awareness of time and place. Users of the app are not currently diagnosed, but the data collected is helping researchers to develop the app further. It could be used to diagnose patients in their own home in the future. Mindset’s ambition is to pass information on to other healthcare institutions to improve dementia research. As well as have the app fully incorporated into the NHS.