The user participatory design resulted in valuable input from persons with dementia, informal carers and professional carers/dementia experts, based on which a first prototype Rosetta system was built.

All participants found Rosetta a very useful development for future care, and would consider using it. Since Rosetta was still in development during evaluation, a discrepancy between expectations and actual functioning of Rosetta existed, which may explain the lack of findings on the impact of the system and the low appreciation of user-friendliness. Implications for Rehabilitation People with dementia and carers find assistive technology (AT) a useful future development and they are willing to use it in the future. People with dementia and carers have little privacy issues with AT. If they have concerns, they are willing to accept the trade-off of reduced privacy in exchange for the ability to live in their own homes for longer. Given that a system works flawlessly, informal carers indicate that integrated AT can reduce their burden and stress. This can in turn help informal carers to provide better care for a longer period of time.

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A more standardized, guided photovoice approach is a helpful addition to the various options for using photovoice; it is important to decide which approach best fits the needs and capabilities of the participants.

During the last decades, people with intellectual disabilities have moved to regular neighbourhoods and policies have incorporated goals related to social inclusion. However, people with intellectual disabilities are still experiencing social isolation. We investigated the role of group home staff members, on the assumption that neighbourhood social inclusion cannot be considered a standard element of their professional role identity. The aim of our study was to gain insight into the individual perceptions of staff and the institutional environment in relation to staff's professional role identity in dealing with neighbourhood social inclusion. We conducted semi-structured group interviews with staff from nine group homes in three neighbourhoods in the Netherlands. Our analysis yielded five themes: 1) staff perceptions of residents' neighbourhood contacts: positive and negative experiences; 2) staff perceptions of residents' needs and capabilities; 3) staff perceptions of neighbours and neighbourhood; 4) staff perceived role in social inclusion in the neighbourhood; and 5) staff perceived role of service provider. Our study showed that individual perceptions of a professional role identity primarily focused on care tasks, and the (lack of) experienced support from service providers hinders staff in creating opportunities for social inclusion in the neighbourhood. To enhance social inclusion in the neighbourhood we recommend service providers invest in supporting staff in acquiring the necessary skills. KEYWORDSIndividual perceptions; institutional environment; neighbourhood social inclusion; professional role identity