This paper presents an attempt to understand how safe walking technology can be designed to fit the needs of people with dementia. Taking inspiration from modern dementia care philosophy, and its emphasis on the individual with dementia, we have performed in-depth investigations of three persons' experiences of living with early-stage dementia. From interviews and co-design workshops with them and their family caregivers, we identified several factors that influence people with dementia's attitudes toward safe walking technology, and how they want the technology to assist them. Relevant factors include: The desire for control and self-management, the subjective experiences of symptoms, personal routines and skills, empathy for care-givers, and the local environment in which they live. Based on these findings, we argue there is a need to reconsider "surveillance" as a concept on which to base design of safe walking technology. We also discuss implications for design ethics.
Abstract. Ambient assistive technology (AAT) is envisioned as a powerful tool for facing the growing demands the demographic change toward an aging society puts on care. While AAT is often expected to increase the quality of life of older people, this paper holds that relevant interventions often embody values that can contradict such visions, and in some cases even be harmful to care receivers. We argue that the strong focus AAT puts on illness and risk management reflects a medical model of care, which often disregards the psychosocial challenges that impairments and disabilities associated with old age can rise. We suggest that design of AAT could benefit from using the social model of care as design inspiration and value foundation. Such an approach puts focus on the person rather than the illness. The paper ends by providing a short description of work in which the social model of care is adopted as a basis for design of AAT.
runde med intervju søkte dybdekunnskap om brukeropplevelser knyttet til praktiske utfordringer, glemsomhet og informasjon om legemidler. Studien avdekket et betydelig forbedringspotensial for både multidoseposene og den tilhørende tjenesten. I dag mangler tilstrekkelig informasjon og tilrettelegging for at mange brukere selv kan ivareta medisinering på en forsvarlig måte. En brukervennlig utforming av multidosen, bedre tilgang til informasjon og individtilpasset tilrettelegging av tjenesten vil kunne gjøre flere brukere mere selvstendige og redusere arbeidsbelastningen til hjemmesykepleien.
Description of project: People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) are frequently hospitalised. The most severe cases have a constant pattern of relapses, and represent major consumers of health services. Designing services and technology that can reduce hospitalisation and improve home-based treatment can contribute to improve the quality of life for people living with COPD and reduce health care costs.
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