TY  - JOUR
AU  - Laird, Elizabeth A
AU  - Ryan, Assumpta
AU  - McCauley, Claire
AU  - Bond, Raymond B
AU  - Mulvenna, Maurice D
AU  - Curran, Kevin J
AU  - Bunting, Brendan
AU  - Ferry, Finola
AU  - Gibson, Aideen
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/09/11
TI  - Using Mobile Technology to Provide Personalized Reminiscence for People Living With Dementia and Their Carers: Appraisal of Outcomes From a Quasi-Experimental Study
JO  - JMIR Ment Health
SP  - e57
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
KW  - dementia
KW  - evaluation
KW  - mobile apps
KW  - reminiscence
KW  - research
KW  - technology
KW  - mobile phone
AB  - Background: Dementia is an international research priority. Reminiscence is an intervention that prompts memories and has been widely used as a therapeutic approach for people living with dementia. We developed a novel iPad app to support home-based personalized reminiscence. It is crucial that technology-enabled reminiscence interventions are appraised. Objective: We sought to measure the effect of technology-enabled reminiscence on mutuality (defined as the level of “closeness” between an adult living with dementia and their carer), quality of carer and patient relationship, and subjective well-being. Methods: A 19-week personalized reminiscence intervention facilitated by a program of training and a bespoke iPad app was delivered to people living with dementia and their family carers at their own homes. Participants (N=60) were recruited in dyads from a cognitive rehabilitation team affiliated with a large UK health care organization. Each dyad comprised a person living with early to moderate dementia and his or her family carer. Outcome measurement data were collected at baseline, midpoint, and intervention closure. Results: Participants living with dementia attained statistically significant increases in mutuality, quality of carer and patient relationship, and subjective well-being (P<.001 for all 3) from baseline to endpoint. Carers attained nonsignificant increases in mutuality and quality of carer and patient relationship and a nonsignificant decrease in subjective well-being. Conclusions: Our results indicate that individual-specific reminiscence supported by an iPad app may be efficient in the context of early to moderate dementia. A robust randomized controlled trial of technology-enabled personalized reminiscence is warranted. 
SN  - 2368-7959
UR  - http://mental.jmir.org/2018/3/e57/
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2196/mental.9684
UR  - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30206053
DO  - 10.2196/mental.9684
ID  - info:doi/10.2196/mental.9684
ER  -