Can technology help dementia patients? Chips with Everything podcast
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An exhibition in London looked at how digital touch technologies could reconnect a person in care with their loved ones
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Touch is a fundamental part of human interaction. Even when our communication is mitigated by technology, as it so frequently is nowadays, it's often via some sort of touchscreen. But as far as physical interaction with other human beings in the same space, some people think we're living through a crisis of touch, especially when it comes to older people.
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