Five innovative solutions to help people with dementia to live well

Five innovative solutions have been developed to help people living with dementia. The teams behind these solutions include designers, entrepreneurs and service providers, as well as experts in nutrition, dog training and olfaction.

The concepts are focused on and around the point of diagnosis, aiming to be preventative measures that improve quality of life in the early stages of dementia for the increasing numbers of people being diagnosed. The five solutions demonstrate the vast potential of innovative ideas in an under-served market and show how design can play a key role in confronting a major social challenge.

The five solutions that have been put forward are:

- Trading Times: An online service that matches Carers with local businesses for flexible paid work.

- Grouple: A secure, private online social network helping people share the responsibilities of caring for someone with dementia.

- ode: A fragrance-release system designed to stimulate appetite among people with dementia.

- Dementia Dog: A service providing assistance dogs to people with dementia.

- buddi: A wristband personal alarm that people will be happy to wear and can send alerts from anywhere to buddi’s support services.

To find out more about each of these solutions, visit the Design Council website.