digital dementia

Seniors at Lions Befrienders playing the AMI app on their tablets

Multilingual dementia app enhances seniors' cognitive abilities

By Adam Ang 05:32 am October 11, 2023

A new mobile app developed in Singapore holds promise to prevent the progression of dementia by helping improve the multilingual thinking of senior folks. HOW IT WORKS A team of app developers at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has built what could be the world's first multilingual app for dementia prevention, Ami (an acronym for Advancing Mental Invigoration). Its...

A senior patient and a caregiver looking out the window

Japanese pharma Eisai forms digital dementia support biz

By Adam Ang 04:11 am September 14, 2023

Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai has established a new digital health business targeting dementia. WHY IT MATTERS Eisai's newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, Theoria Technologies Co., seeks to "accelerate the development of a dementia ecosystem." This ecosystem, according to a press release, will empower people with dementia to "live their fullest lives." Commencing business in April 2024...