Designing technology to support greater participation of people living with dementia in daily and meaningful activities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People living with dementia should be at the center of decision-making regarding their plans and goals for daily living and meaningful activities that help promote health and mental well-being. The human-computer interaction community has recently begun to recognize the need to design technologies where the person living with dementia is an active rather than a passive user of technology in the management of their care.

Methods

Data collection comprised semi-structured interviews and focus groups held with dyads of people with early-stage dementia (n = 5) and their informal carers (n = 4), as well as health professionals (n = 5). This article discusses findings from the thematic analysis of this qualitative data.

Results

Analysis resulted in the constructio

SUBMITTER: Wilson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10793193 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature