In January 2020, the Dementia Services Team at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) began trialling Ad-Memoire. With the app easily downloaded onto existing iPads and tablets, the Team were able to use it on a one-to-one basis with patients, at their bedside or in the Day Room. Listen to the Team’s feedback on the positive impact of Ad-Memoire in the short film below
Liz Yaxley, the Dementia Services Manager, reflects on the trial of Ad-Memoire:
“Ad-Memoire can be used on many levels – in reminiscence, cognitive stimulation, a mood enhancer or just for entertainment value. It is usable anywhere in the hospital, you don’t have to be an expert in Dementia Care or IT to use the app, we see the potential for volunteers to use this too. It’s a minimal set up time, it’s very portable, it’s infection control friendly which is super important, it’s a really useful addition to other activities we use to engage our patients. The equivalent reminiscence tools we use tend to be static pictures –Ad-Memoire adds multi sensory shorts designed to catch attention, have catchy tunes and our staff and patients really enjoy using it.”
HAT and NNUH are grateful to the Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust for funding the continued use of Ad-Memoire in the hospital for the next year and 4 other hospitals in the Eastern Region.
With the success of the trials, Liz and her team are now using Ad-Memoire regularly on the wards and it’s having a positive impact on people living with dementia during their stay. When possible, relatives have been able to use the app too during their visits and they will be able to continue to do so when patients return home by signing up to the recently released Ad-Memoire One-to-One.
Ad-Memoire 