July 2026 Fellows' update: Bethany Linder
Bethany Linder (CF 2025) presented a Dementia Researcher webinar on assistive technology and dementia care, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship research in Japan.
By Bethany Linder, 9 July 2026
Fellow's Profile
Bethany Linder
Fellow's Profile
Bethany Linder
Technology and Dementia: The Future of Dementia Care
Fellowship
- Themes
- Focus
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Investigating cutting-edge technology that can help people living with dementia
- Countries
- Fellowship year
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2025
- Locality
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West Midlands
Contact
Biography
I'm a dementia researcher working at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Sciences, University of Oxford. My research involves using technology to support older people and people affected by dementia. I am currently working on a project about how AI could be used to help people living with dementia manage their medication.
I will be visiting Japan to meet with world-leading experts in robotics, VR and smart home technology to learn about advances in assistive dementia technology. To meet the needs of one of the world's fastest ageing populations, Japan has already been implementing creative uses of technology in dementia care. I hope to explore what has worked, what hasn't worked and future directions in the field, and bring back strategies that could improve dementia care in the UK.
Activity
Acknowledgements
GB Sasakawa Foundation, University of Osaka, University of Tokyo, PolyU, HKU, AIST, MIRAIKAN, Orange Day Sengawa, Avatar Dawn, GrooveX, NRCD, Sakamoto Model Corporation, Cyberdyne, Silverwood
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
Activity
July 2026 Fellows' update: Bethany Linder
Bethany Linder (CF 2025) presented a Dementia Researcher webinar on assistive technology and dementia care, sharing insights from her Churchill Fellowship research in Japan.
By Bethany Linder, 9 July 2026
Acknowledgements
GB Sasakawa Foundation, University of Osaka, University of Tokyo, PolyU, HKU, AIST, MIRAIKAN, Orange Day Sengawa, Avatar Dawn, GrooveX, NRCD, Sakamoto Model Corporation, Cyberdyne, Silverwood
Disclaimer
All Reports are copyright © the author. The moral right of the author has been asserted. The views and opinions expressed by any Fellow are those of the Fellow and not of the Churchill Fellowship or its partners, which have no responsibility or liability for any part of them.
