Worldwide almost 36 million people have dementia. Dementia is an umbrella term describing a multifactorial disease which affects the brain. Dementia always has an effect on the patient, as well as on the spouse or on other family members. A search in the gerontechnology database showed that when using dementia as a keyword in combination with keywords describing the life domains from the cross fertilization matrix in gerontechnology a total of 56 articles are found. Almost 45% of these publications concern health related issues whereas only a few cases describe the target group or the phase of the dementia. For understanding dementia, the social context from the individual and the impact on family may become a new focus for supporting technologies.