By Danny Yarnall
A contest from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has pushed app creators to focus on ways technology can improve the care and management of Alzheimer’s patients.
The Eureka Prize from the NIA awarded three teams on their efforts to create new apps and software designed to improve dementia care and care coordination. The contest, launched in 2018 to drive innovation in the dementia care space, fielded 33 applicants with submissions ranging from mobile apps to software platforms to pick the three winners to share $400,000 in prize money.