The FindMyApps tool, a web application installed on tablets, consists of a library of 180 apps in the domains of self-management and meaningful activities which are assessed as dementia-friendly apps. This was based on a set of important app criteria with regard to interaction, feedback, aesthetic design, app design, customization, obstacles, and age appropriateness. Usable apps are selected by matching personal preferences of people with dementia (i.e. the user profile) with features of apps, and by matching their needs and wishes with the different types of apps. The FindMyApps tool consists of six components, also called pages. Figure 1 provides an overview of the flow of the FindMyApps tool. On the page personal settings (Figure 1a, picture 1), a user profile for the person with dementia is set by answering six questions relating to personal preferences regarding apps with a yes/no button. This user profile is set by informal carers in the training. The preferences are: large font size; less text, many pictures; only in Dutch; real photos; simple to operate; instructions offered. After this, the home page of the FindMyApps tool with the main categories, i.e. ‘in and around the house’, ‘contacts’, and ‘leisure’ (Figure 1b, picture 2), opens. From here, sub-categories (Figure 1c) can be chosen to find usable apps. When a sub-category is selected, the page with an overview of apps in each category (Figure 1d) opens. Each app is presented with a short information sentence, its costs, and an overall score is shown, which indicates the match of the app with the personal preferences; a higher score indicates a better match. By clicking on the button ‘information & download’, the page with a description of an app (Figure 1e, picture 3) is opened. More specific information and screenshots of the app are presented, and six scores show the match of the app with all six personal preferences.

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The FindMyApps tool, a web application installed on tablets, consists of a library of 180 apps in the domains of self-management and meaningful activities which are assessed as dementia-friendly apps. This was based on a set of important app criteria with regard to interaction, feedback, aesthetic design, app design, customization, obstacles, and age appropriateness. Usable apps are selected by matching personal preferences of people with dementia (i.e. the user profile) with features of apps, and by matching their needs and wishes with the different types of apps. The FindMyApps tool consists of six components, also called pages. Figure 1 provides an overview of the flow of the FindMyApps tool. On the page personal settings (Figure 1a, picture 1), a user profile for the person with dementia is set by answering six questions relating to personal preferences regarding apps with a yes/no button. This user profile is set by informal carers in the training. The preferences are: large font size; less text, many pictures; only in Dutch; real photos; simple to operate; instructions offered. After this, the home page of the FindMyApps tool with the main categories, i.e. ‘in and around the house’, ‘contacts’, and ‘leisure’ (Figure 1b, picture 2), opens. From here, sub-categories (Figure 1c) can be chosen to find usable apps. When a sub-category is selected, the page with an overview of apps in each category (Figure 1d) opens. Each app is presented with a short information sentence, its costs, and an overall score is shown, which indicates the match of the app with the personal preferences; a higher score indicates a better match. By clicking on the button ‘information & download’, the page with a description of an app (Figure 1e, picture 3) is opened. More specific information and screenshots of the app are presented, and six scores show the match of the app with all six personal preferences.