Enriching Everyday Lived Experiences in Dementia Care

Houben, Maarten; Brankaert, Rens; Dhaeze, Emma; Kenning, Gail; Bongers, I.M.B.; Eggen, Berry

doi:10.1145/3490149.3501326

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“…It therefore seems that we should strive for a balance between intuitive and familiar designs that are not too realistic or that appear uncanny [79], such as the warm hand used in the present study. Moreover, it is important to use materials and form factors that are attractive to touch by using the appropriate materials and shapes [61]. This is in line with studies using the Crdl instrument, a wooden interactive object designed to support touch in direct personal contact between residents with PMID or dementia and their caregivers or family members [56,80,81].…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Results showed that people appreciated receiving a message through an AHD, making them feel loved or making them aware that someone is thinking of them. Another example of a haptic device facilitating social engagement is called the SAM [61], which consists of two spheres that can be used in the communal space of a care home. Users can touch the spheres (e.g., holding or shaking them), and then SAM provides a stimulus by vibrating, making sounds or changing its colors.…”

Section: Social Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Sensory, Affective, and Social Experiences with Haptic Devices in Intramural Care Practice

Vasseur,

Ipakchian Askari,

Suijkerbuijk

et al. 2024

Nursing Reports

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Previous work has shown that technology can facilitate the communication of emotions, social touch, and social presence through haptic devices, meaning devices that provide a haptic stimulation. However, for special user groups living in long-term care facilities, such as people with dementia, the applications of these haptic devices are not apparent. The aim of this study is to understand how haptic devices can be used in intramural care facilities in times of social isolation, focusing on haptic devices that utilize haptic sensation. Five haptic devices were tested at three care facilities. Insights from this study highlight the potential of haptic devices to enhance sensory, affective, and social experiences during video calling between residents and their relatives. Moreover, the importance of the tactile sensation and form factor of haptic devices in the care context is addressed, along with insights on how to create the appropriate atmosphere during video calling.

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confidence: 99%

Sensory, Affective, and Social Experiences with Haptic Devices in Intramural Care Practice

Vasseur,

Ipakchian Askari,

Suijkerbuijk

et al. 2024

Nursing Reports

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“…When designing technology to support the health needs of this population, accessibility and suitability to the individuals needs must be prioritized [ 6 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]. The drive toward participatory approaches warrants the inclusion of people living with dementia and their informal caregivers as ‘experts-by-experience’ to plan for data collection and identify design priorities for VR applications [ 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 ].…”

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Introducing and Familiarising Older Adults Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers to Virtual Reality

Flynn

Barry

Koh

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly being applied in dementia care across a range of applications and domains including health and wellbeing. Despite the commercial availability of VR, informants of design are not always aware of its functionality and capabilities, to meaningfully contribute to VR design. In designing VR applications for people living with dementia, it is recommended that older adults living with dementia and their support persons be involved in the design process using participatory approaches, thereby giving them a voice on the design of technology from the outset. A VR technology probe is a useful means of familiarising older adults living with dementia and their informal caregivers with the knowledge and understanding of interactive VR to employ technology that supports them to maintain their social health. This paper charts the implementation and evaluation of a VR technology probe, VR FOUNDations. To explore their experiences, nine older adults living with dementia and their nine informal caregivers trialled VR FOUNDations and completed semi-structured interviews after its use. Overall, older adults living with dementia and their informal caregivers perceived VR FOUNDations to achieve its aim of increasing understanding and inspiring future design decisions. The findings also identified promising positive experiences using a VR technology probe which may be indicative of its applicability to social health and wellbeing domains. This paper advocates for the structured design and implementation of VR technology probes as a pre-requisite to the participatory design of VR applications for the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia. The use of such technology probes may afford older adults living with dementia and their informal caregivers the best opportunity to contribute to design decisions and participate in technology design to support their health and wellbeing.

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“…The review of the literature showed that there were two types of apps and devices. Those that require an active interaction of a person with dementia (meaning them needing to operate a user interface, for example, for memory training [46]and devices where a person with dementia interacts in a more passive way with the user interface (e.g., by just holding a pillow or set of balls which than provide sensory output to the person with dementia [47]. Moreover, it has been suggested that for different stages of dementia different types of simulations are preferred.…”

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Mapping Dementia Care Tech: Tailored Digital Solutions Across Stages

Ipakchian Askari,

Vasseur,

Hofstede

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Over the years there has been an increase in the development of assistive technologies (AT’s). The implementation and scaling of AT’s at care organizations remains challenging. Moreover, to date, it has been underexplored during which stages of dementia these technologies can be best implemented. Previous work has developed an infographic providing guidance on when best to introduce AT’s for people with dementia. Although this infographic is relevant, it was based solely on the experience of the authors during various national and international projects. However, over the years a wide spread of studies has been conducted in the field of dementia on the use and implementation of technology for PwD. Therefore, in this paper we will revise the current infographic based on the insight gained from existing literature and complement these by interviews with expert on the implementation of care technology

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Enriching Everyday Lived Experiences in Dementia Care

Cited by 13 publications

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Sensory, Affective, and Social Experiences with Haptic Devices in Intramural Care Practice

Sensory, Affective, and Social Experiences with Haptic Devices in Intramural Care Practice

Introducing and Familiarising Older Adults Living with Dementia and Their Caregivers to Virtual Reality

Mapping Dementia Care Tech: Tailored Digital Solutions Across Stages

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