A study is now contesting the belief that digital work is not right for someone suffering from dementia. It is because continuous productive work is possible among people with dementia. This has been revealed by a study from the University of Bath, titled Working Lives with Dementia: A Digital Futures Perspective, pointing out that the reframing of modern digital technology could allow candidates such as these to remain active in employment.
Dr. Fletcher added that simply not doing anything wouldn't heal the digital divide's inequalities, by mentioning some examples of adjustments quite simple, like better light, simple fonts, and automated reminders, which would be enough to keep employed people living with dementia.
This coincided with some welfare reforms into which the UK government was venturing in order to encourage more disabled citizens into working. But the very idea of the study was again largely about the opportunities and challenges to achieving those aims, as pointed out by Dr. Fletcher.
"There are indeed some very good possibilities owing to AI for persons with dementia to find words, string text together, and organize tasks," he further said. "It may well provide benefits for both employees and employers in some sort of hybrid form."
With 370,000 new young-onset dementia cases diagnosed annually, degeneration is likely to mean that the retirement picture will not be blanketed in that eventual realization. It gives advance notice to most employees suffering with dementia, who are unwillingly counting themselves out of work but can still continue if supported with the right aspects.
"As Dr. Olivia Brown, one of the co-researchers, said, 'Dementia is not disabling per se—it depends on the work environment around the person. This is how we have to approach it, as all already do, in applicability to people with different needs, already known by nearly all employees. There is an incorrect tendency to consider the diagnosis of dementia as purely black and white, while the reality is that such effects can vary quite a lot from day to day and even hour to hour depending on the environment and the relationship."