COMPAs+

The Research Center of the Montreal University Institute of Geriatrics (CRIUGM) offers the application, COmmunication Proche Aidant, or COMPAs, a tool to enable communication between people with communication disorders following a stroke or dementia and their caregivers, whether they are caregivers, relatives, or family members. The COMPAs application is based on research findings that clearly show that memories with significant and positive emotional significance can act as triggers for communication when it is affected by a stroke or another brain disease, including Alzheimer's disease. The COMPAs application allows you to group, on a secure platform, photos from different periods in the person's life, songs that have marked their personal life, and videos of significant moments, all with the goal of promoting communication. COMPAs enables positive exchanges and, in turn, helps reduce…