Tools & Apps
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Mate Wareware App
The Mate Wareware app was designed as a tool to help Māori affected by mate wareware (dementia) and to raise awareness of the disease. It was developed by researchers at the University of Auckland and AUT with funding from Centres of Research Excellence, Brain Research New Zealand and MedTech. The project was co-lead by Makarena Dudley (ABP) and Marcus King (MedTech), and developed by Hohepa Spooner from AUT.
The Mate Wareware app is Māori-friendly and has been co-created through collaboration with Kaumātua and whānau. Tikanga Māori is central to the app, with an introduction and karakia by kaumātua, and everyone featured in it is Māori.
Topics covered in the app include what mate wareware is and what Māori understandings of it is, the types and causes of it, how to look after whānau who are affected by it and how to identify if someone might be suffering from it.
Installing the Mate Wareware app:
Mate Wareware is a progressive web app, so it can be used on your phone, as well as your computer or tablet.
Apple phone / iOS: Open Safari and go to matewareware.co.nz. Tap the ‘Share’ button at the bottom of your screen and then select ‘Add to home screen’. You will then have an icon on your screen and can access the app directly by tapping the icon.
Android phone: Open Google Chrome and go to matewareware.co.nz. Tap the three-dot menu in the top-right corner and then select ‘Add to home screen’. You will then have an icon on your screen and can access the app directly by tapping the icon.
Computer / laptop: You can also access Mate Wareware on your computer or laptop. Just go to matewareware.co.nz and use it like a website.
Stroke Riskometer App
Developed by ABP investigator Valery Feigin in collaboration with international leaders in stroke prevention, the Stroke Riskometer™ app is an award winning and easy-to-use tool for measuring your individual risk of a stroke in the next five to ten years. The Stroke Riskometer can calculate your stroke risk by evaluating a series of risk factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, lifestyle and other health factors that directly influence your likelihood of a stroke.
Stroke Riskometer is available on AppStore and GooglePlay.
Click here to find out how to download the Stroke Riskometer App in your preferred language.
The Stroke Riskometer app is suitable for ages 20 to 90+ years old and has been endorsed by:
The World Stroke Organization
European Stroke Organization
World Federation of Neurology
International Association of Neurology and Epidemiology