Musiquence: a serious game customization system for dementia

Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease that leads to impairment of cognitive and emotional faculties and makes patients dependent on performing activities of daily living. Due to limited effects of pharmaceutical approaches, the seek of alternatives has been growing. Music and reminiscence related activities appear to be promising approaches to stimulate people with dementia (PwD). The usage of serious games (SG) has also been proposed as a valid manner to stimulate PwD. However, most SG are not designed and adapted to the profile of individuals who are diagnosed with dementia. Thus, here we will demonstrate a framework that allows customization of activities in terms of content and technology while capitalizing the benefits of music and reminiscence related approaches within gamified activities.