The Dakim [m]Power Featured At The Once-A-Decade White House Conference On Aging

The Dakim [m]Power cognitive fitness system is a revolutionary approach to improving quality of life for sufferers of Alzheimer 's disease and seniors facing the debilitating effects of brain aging.

Numerous studies have concluded that mental stimulation is an effective therapeutic intervention for dementia. The Einstein Aging Study, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (June 19, 2003) concluded that people who engage more often in mentally challenging activities appear to reduce their risk of dementia by more than 60%.

Until now, cognitive therapy has been time-consuming, costly, and difficult for care providers to supervise and administer. Seniors have found existing therapies to be dull and boring, with a rote, "one-size fits all" approach. Moreover, family members of aging relatives typically lack the skill or time necessary to deliver cognitive therapy to their loved ones.

The Dakim [m]Power is:

• Cost effective, easy to administer and easy to supervise for care givers
  
• Customized, easy-to-use and entertaining for seniors – so they actually want to use it consistently
  
• Complementary to other types of cognitive therapy and interaction

The device employs touch-screen computer technology to engage the individual in tens of thousands of mentally stimulating exercises that challenge memory, verbal, computation, critical thinking and daily life skills in a way that is both supportive and entertaining. The incorporation of familiar film and music clips and age-appropriate cultural touchstones transform therapy into interactive fun for seniors. The system incorporates two proprietary Dakim technologies:

• SeniorCentric design – hardware, software interface, and customized content that a senior can use naturally, rather have to adapt to it
  
• NuroLogic technology – enables the system to self-adjust continuously and in real time to changes in a user's cognitive ability, while customizing the program according to an individual's needs and interests. as the system also monitors and reports changes in user performance over time

The Dakim [m]Power is being developed with the support of a variety of well-known and respected physicians and authorities on aging. It has already been tested informally with over one hundred seniors in more than a dozen senior care facilities. Testing of Dakim [m]Powerä will be expanded to several senior care organizations in 2006. The company is in the process of establishing clinical trials for Medicare reimbursement. The Dakim [m]Power is currently being featured at the once-a-decade White House Conference on Aging.

SOURCE: Dakim, Inc.