The digital technologies and apps: contributos and valencies for seniors with insanities
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The only-called 'Digital Apps - Apps' have become the reality the' digital tools ' devices associated with smartphones and tablets. The increase in this offer have been different areas and areas. In this article, it i intended to make known to set of Apps, through the brief description of them, in an area associated to the training of the cognitive domain. It adds results of investigations that have demonstrated with caregivers and older citizens in order to prevent associated with dementias. The results have shown regular that uses of Apps, through the activities / you love they provide, you have become advantageous by stimulating training of several capacities that can combat the increase of dementias, mainly, the elderly.
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