Gaming Being Used for Dementia Treatment

It still is early for quantitative data on the health outcomes, but Beckford offers a synopsis of the technology's impact on her residents. "We initially ordered one Tovertafel for our memory care floor, but quickly realized all our residents would enjoy and benefit from the games," she recalled. "Therefore, we purchased a Tovertafel for each floor, bringing this to four in total. "The technology also has helped with states of apathy, which negatively influences physical, cognitive and emotional wellbeing," she concluded. "Our residents are moving more when sitting at the table, able to stretch further than they typically would or believed they could, and report feeling more social and happy and less fearful and sad during the day."