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Facebook Dementia app shines a spotlight on the devastating illness

on Apr 29, 2014 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Facebook has teamed up with Alzheimer’s research UK to publish the FaceDementia app, a collaboration designed to show social media users what it’s like to live with the debilitating illness.

The app works by actively ‘taking over’ the personal Facebook page of participants, temporarily deleting personal photos, important events and key updates to mimick the devastating symptoms of the disease.

Fortunately, unlike the real condition, Facebook users will be able to restore their page to its original condition after running the experience by instead presenting the effects as an overlay upon the actual page.

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Source: The Drum