The Longitude Prize on Dementia drives the creation of personalised, technology based tools that are co-created with people living with dementia, helping them continue to live fulfilling lives, doing the things they enjoy.

Co-founded in 2013 by London Borough of Barking & Dagenham (LBBD) and North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), Care City is an innovation centre for healthy ageing and regeneration, based in Barking with the mission to support people across East London to live happier, healthier lives.

People living with dementia want to live independently, access their community, socialise with friends, and continue to participate in activities they enjoy doing. But many do not go out as they or those who care for them are concerned about the struggle to navigate places.

Traditionally, the Dorothy app, a wayfinding technology innovation, has been used within Care Homes. It uses Augmented Reality (AR) to create a digital yellow brick road, helping people to find their way around the home and uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide reminders of daily tasks, such as taking medication – all while keeping them connected to their care-giver.

The prize money will be used to develop the app into a platform, ‘The Dorothy Community,’ where community spaces such as shops, parks and museums, can offer navigation, enabling people with dementia or memory loss to find their way around and physically navigate through their community without further support.

Please contact at lpod@carecity.org if you are:

• A venue that would like to offer this type of service and would like to help test Dorothy
• A person living with dementia who would like to help test Dorothy

Find out more about all 24 Discovery Award winners at dementia.longitudeprize.org

For media enquiries, please contact rachel.fuller@carecity.org