HOUSTON: Postgraduate students have won thousands in funding for an app that improves the wellbeing of those living with dementia and their carers.
They used a number of leading research studies to create the app, MindMate, which found that a combination of brain training, the right nutrition and physical exercise can slow memory loss and enhance the lives of dementia patients.
MindMate has been designed to be as user-friendly as possible for older people. Each section of the software has been developed through collaboration with medical advisers.
A closed Beta version is currently being tested by 40 volunteers affected by dementia and their carers.
MindMate was recently announced as one of the 38 winners of the Young Innovators Challenge, an entrepreneurial competition which rewards students who have business ideas with a positive social impact. The team received funding which will help them launch the app to the public…