SERIOUS GAMES – INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR SCREENING AND REHABILITATION OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT

Information and communication technologies (ICT) provide innovative ways of prevention, treatmentand assessment of patients with dementia. Interventions based on ICT can provide non-invasive, patient-centredand cost-effective solutions to detect early cognitive and functional decline in patients with cognitiveimpairment. The article discusses some key features of serious games and describes the potential benefits ofusing computer games platform and opportunities to assess its effectiveness as a diagnostic and therapeuticmethod in patients with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease. The aim of this report is also to representthe pilot projects experiencing the use of game technology for cognitive screening and rehabilitation.