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Computing technologies for reflective, creative care of people with dementia

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Mobile apps manage data on individual residents to help carers deliver more person-centered care.

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                Communications of the ACM  Volume 56, Issue 11
                November 2013
                97 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/2524713
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