New app helps young people when visiting relatives with dementia Published on: 21 December 2017 Young people who have difficulty talking to older relatives or friends with dementia can now be helped by a smartphone app called Ticket-to-Talk designed by researchers at 缅北禁地. Ticket to Talk "An estimated 800,000 people in the UK have dementia and many of them come into regular contact with young people at home or in care homes,” says Dr Tony Young, Reader in Applied Linguistics and Communication at 缅北禁地. He led the project in collaboration with the regional charity Youth Focus North-East. “We hope that this new tool will give young people more confidence and pave the way to easier and more enjoyable communication with their loved ones or people they care for.” Using the new app Ticket to Talk, which is available free to download on and devices, young people are first asked to create a profile of themselves and the person they would like to converse with. The next step is to collect digital material in the form of sounds, pictures and videos relevant to a particular period in their family member’s life. These so-called ‘Tickets’ can then be collated into a customized playlist of prompts. Items such as photos of old cars or pets and clips from favourite films and YouTube videos can then be used to start and guide conversations and stimulate reminiscences. DemYouth project “Research suggests young people often find initiating and leading conversations with older relatives with dementia particularly difficult,” says Dr Young, who works in the University's . The project was developed after a series of six workshops as part of the DemYouth project in which researchers at 缅北禁地 have been working with young people with personal experiences of dementia. The fourteen young people aged between 16 and 24 who took part had a range of experiences from care responsibilities for relatives to volunteering in care homes. Two participants had withdrawn from education to care for older family members. The study identified common concerns and looked at ways in which new digital tools or services might be of support. Communication breakdown, frustration and lack of confidence were the main issues reported. Most participants wanted to do more to care for their relatives but said that ‘young person friendly’ information was hard to come by. Effective communication The researchers would like to adapt the app so that it could be used in other countries and will shortly be exploring the feasibility of launching it internationally. Ticket-to-Talk is part of the , which is developing advice packages and technology such as websites and phone apps to help communication between people with dementia and those who care for them. “What the DemTalk team most want is for people living with dementia to be able to communicate more effectively, to have more choices and to enjoy themselves, their friends and the world more as a result. They – and we – deserve it,” says Dr Young. The app is part of a wider project about medical education about dementia involving medical students and how it relates to what they think about, and actually plan to do, in relation to communication with people with dementia. This involves 缅北禁地 students within the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UK, at NUMed (缅北禁地 Medicine, Malaysia) and with the University of Malaya. Press release adapted with thanks from ESRC Share: Latest News 缅北禁地 expert highlights climate crisis in a new film A leading 缅北禁地 climate scientist is featured in a new film about how the climate and nature breakdown will affect the UK. published on: 14 April 2026 Neolithic tombs reveal ancient kinship ties Male individuals buried in Neolithic chambered tombs in northern Scotland were often related to each other through the paternal line and some were interred in the same or nearby tombs, research shows. published on: 14 April 2026 We are our Memories New exhibition by Fine Art graduate Trish Hudson-Moses, 22 April 鈥� 4 May 2026 published on: 10 April 2026 Facts and figures
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