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Could video games help with dementia care?

A brand new study from Samsung, surveying over 65 year olds in the UK, has revealed that over a third (36%) are gaming every day.

Baycroft Care Homes offer care for dementia residents, and Managing Director, Stewart McGinn, say the study is โ€œgroundbreaking and could elicit significant changeโ€.

McGinn explained: โ€œVideo games can be extremely beneficial in a dementia residentโ€™s cognitive abilities. In fact, some video games can be customised specifically to improve these cognitive abilities, such as memory and reasoning.

โ€œAccording to research from 2020, where early stage and middle stage dementia patients used serious video games, it was observed that they were able to improve a wide variety of cognitive abilities, including short-term memory, reaction time, problem solving, logical reasoning, and communication.

โ€œHowever, in Samsungโ€™s report, it states that only 22% of over 65s are playing video games to stimulate their minds. Itโ€™s a statistic that arguably highlights the lack of knowledge surrounding how beneficial video games, and games in general, are to people with dementia.

โ€œIn most high-quality care homes, there are often extensive activity programmes for this very reason, as stimulating the minds of dementia residents could slow down symptoms of dementia.โ€

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