Reminiscence of People with Dementia Mediated by a Tangible Multimedia Book

Huldtgren, Alina; Mertl, Fabian; Vormann, Anja; Geiger, Christian

doi:10.5220/0005758801910201

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“…The use of different elements (sounds, haptic or text) made the participants enjoy using the interfaces e.g. [29]. These playful elements should be adjusted to the age of the people in ways that are not seen as childish or distant.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Studies have focused on creating TUIs with diverse goals, e.g. to improve social communication [23][24][25][26], playing [27], entertainment [28], and cognitive training [29,30].…”

Section: Older Adults and Tangible Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are several examples of interfaces designed for a specific population of older adults, e.g. an interface in which people may compose digital messages in a way that resembles traditional ways of writing a letter [31], using individual tangible tokens on a digital board [28], or creating a multimedia book that combines pictures and sounds for reminiscing purposes [29]. During the evaluation of those systems it appeared that there were often unclear instructions, need for improvement in the feedback or even physiological characteristics (e.g.…”

Section: Older Adults and Tangible Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Aestimo: A Tangible Kit to Evaluate Older Adults’ User Experience

Rodríguez

Karyda

Lucero

et al. 2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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Surveys and questionnaires are commonly used to capture people's experiences with technology. However, some older users experience issues when reading and filling out forms, and inexperienced computer users may not be comfortable with web-based versions. To improve the report of user experience, we designed and implemented Aestimo, a tangible interface based on a shortened version of the AttrakDiff questionnaire. The interface was evaluated during a study with 20 older adults (age avg.=65.6). Although completing the Aestimo questionnaire took longer than a paper-and-pen version of AttrakDiff, 60% of participants preferred Aestimo over AttrakDiff. Aestimo was found to be innovative and inviting, and to stimulate the senses and the mind. Participants liked feeling guided by the interface, and also found their experience to be playful and fun. Overall, the evaluation of Aestimo was highly positive and suggests that some user groups may benefit from the availability of innovative evaluation experiences.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies have focused on creating TUIs with diverse goals, e.g. to improve social communication [23][24][25][26], playing [27], entertainment [28], and cognitive training [29,30].…”

Section: Older Adults and Tangible Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Older Adults and Tangible Interfacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Aestimo: A Tangible Kit to Evaluate Older Adults’ User Experience

Rodríguez

Karyda

Lucero

et al. 2019

Human-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019

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“…For example, the CIRCA project used touchscreens to present music, videos, and pictures to stimulate long-term memories to prompt conversations [4,45]. More recent research may reflect an understanding of the importance of embodiment in dementia, adding haptics [60], gesture-based interaction [63,111], and tangible objects to support multimedia engagement to support reminiscence [59]. Guan et al also found that technology could act as a "communication modality" when adapted from embodied cues, noting that embodied cuing can be more successful than abstract verbal language when encouraging people with dementia to mimic activities or behaviors [46].…”

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Understanding How Sensory Changes Experienced by Individuals with a Range of Age-Related Cognitive Changes Can Affect Technology Use

Dixon

Anderson

Lazar

2022

ACM Trans. Access. Comput.

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Clinical researchers have identified sensory changes people with age-related cognitive changes, such as dementia and mild cognitive impairment, experience which are different from typical age-related sensory changes. Technology designers and researchers do not yet have an understanding of how these unique sensory changes affect technology use. This work begins to bridge the gap between the clinical knowledge of sensory changes and technology research and design through interviews with people with mild to moderate dementia, mild cognitive impairment, subjective cognitive decline, and healthcare professionals. This extended version of our ASSETS conference paper includes people with a range of age-related cognitive changes describing changes in vision, hearing, speech, dexterity, proprioception, and smell. We discuss each of these sensory changes and ways to leverage optimal modes of sensory interaction for accessible technology use with existing and emerging technologies. Finally, we discuss how accessible sensory stimulation may change across the spectrum of age-related cognitive changes.

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“…More recently, tangible and immersive solutions have emerged. The former includes a tangible multimedia book [28] allowing to touch, turn and press on pages; a chest of drawers [29] where each drawer contains items representing sub-topics illustrated through images; and an old-style radio/TV [30] to present multimedia, enhancing the sense of familiarity and comfort. The latter group includes a companion robot [31] to deliver personalized interactive therapy through dialogue-based interactions complemented with multimedia; a multi-sensory stimulation solution [32], combining images, sound, sights, smells, and movements to link the stimulation experience to the personal history of the PwD; and the display of life size, hyper-real, software-rendered images [33] that are navigable through space and time thus eliciting a sense of involvement.…”

Section: Technology For Reminiscence Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Developing Assistive Technology to Support Reminiscence Therapy: A User-Centered Study to Identify Caregivers' Needs

Alarcão¹,

Santana²,

Maruta³

et al. 2022

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Dementia represents a major cause of disability among elderly subjects worldwide. Reminiscence therapy is an inexpensive non-pharmacological therapy commonly used due to its therapeutic value for People with Dementia (PwD), as it can be used to promote independence, positive moods and behavior, and improve their quality of life. Caregivers are one of the main pillars in the adoption of digital technologies for reminiscence therapy, as they are responsible for its administration. Despite their comprehensive understanding of the needs and difficulties associated with the therapy, their perspective has not been fully taken into account in the development of existing technological solutions. To inform the design of technological solutions within dementia care, we followed a user-centered design approach through worldwide surveys, follow-up semi-structured interviews, and focus groups. Seven hundred and seven informal and 52 formal caregivers participated in our study. Our findings show that technological solutions must provide mechanisms to carry out the therapy in a simple way, reducing the amount of work for caregivers when preparing and conducting therapy sessions. They should also diversify and personalize the current session (and following ones) based on both the biographical information of the PwD and their emotional reactions. This is particularly important since the PwD often become agitated, aggressive or angry, and caregivers might not know how to properly deal with this situation (in particular, the informal ones). Additionally, formal caregivers need an easy way to manage information of the different PwD they take care of, and consult the history of sessions performed (in particular, to identify images that triggered negative emotional reactions, and consult any notes taken about them). As a result, we present a list of validated functional requirements gathered for the PwD and both formal and informal caregivers, as well as the corresponding expected primary and secondary outcomes.

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Reminiscence of People with Dementia Mediated by a Tangible Multimedia Book

Cited by 9 publications

References 10 publications

Aestimo: A Tangible Kit to Evaluate Older Adults’ User Experience

Aestimo: A Tangible Kit to Evaluate Older Adults’ User Experience

Understanding How Sensory Changes Experienced by Individuals with a Range of Age-Related Cognitive Changes Can Affect Technology Use

Developing Assistive Technology to Support Reminiscence Therapy: A User-Centered Study to Identify Caregivers' Needs

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