Abstract
We describe the development, application and evaluation of a design method tailored for working with people with mild to moderate dementia. Our experiences with the approach highlighted areas where designers and participants held radically different views. The tenet of our approach was that to overcome these differences we needed to create an empathic relationship between participants and designers. To achieve this we modified participatory design techniques to foster respectful engagement with participants in the development of a digital aid to facilitate 'safe walking'. The process begins with broad qualitative scoping and design work then moves to developing personally tailored, individual designs to further exploration of the experiential elements of the domain while reducing the need for the participants to engage in abstract thought. Reflection highlights a number of important areas that demand consideration when undertaking research in this area and, more generally, when performing design work with people with dementia.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Conference Proceedings - The 30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 |
Pages | 521-530 |
Number of pages | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 24 May 2012 |
Event | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2012 - Austin, United States of America Duration: 5 May 2012 → 10 May 2012 Conference number: 30th |
Conference
Conference | International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2012 |
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Abbreviated title | CHI 2012 |
Country | United States of America |
City | Austin |
Period | 5/05/12 → 10/05/12 |
Keywords
- Cognitive impairment
- Dementia
- Empathy
- Experience
- Participatory design
- Prompting