Analysis Responses

FOCUS Guidelines - Evidence- and consensus-based guidelines on interventions aimed at preventing, delaying or reversing frailty

Category: Best practices

The guidelines were framed into four questions "one general and three on specific groups of interventions" all including frailty as the primary outcome of interest. Quantitative and qualitative studies and reviews conducted in the context of the FOCUS project represented the evidence base. The study followed the GRADE Evidence-to-Decision frameworks based on assessment of whether the problem is a priority, the magnitude of the desirable and undesirable effects, the certainty of the evidence, stakeholders' values, the balance between desirable and undesirable effects, the resource use, and other factors like acceptability and feasibility. Experts in the FOCUS consortium acted as panellists in the consensus process.

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Sense Garden solution and products

Category: User Experience

SENSE-GARDENs are used in dementia care and combine virtual places, digital media and multi-sensory stimuli to create immersive environments adapted to the life story of the person with dementia. The SENSE-GARDEN Association facilitates cooperation between developers of technological solutions, offers support to the organizations in the health and care fields, facilitates discussions with users and user organizations, organizes voluntary activity around the SENSE-GARDEN idea.

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