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Designing for and with vulnerable people: The Dem@Care "toolbox" approach

McHugh, Joanna orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-7387-3107, Smeaton, Alan F. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1028-8389, Irving, Kate orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9255-4574 and Newman, Eamonn orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-0310-0539 (2013) Designing for and with vulnerable people: The Dem@Care "toolbox" approach. In: SIGCHI Workshop on Designing For-And-With Vulnerable People, 27 Apr - 2 May, 2013, CHI 2013, Paris, France.

Abstract
We describe the challenge set to us within the Dem@Care project, of designing a multi-component system to support safety, enablement, and diagnosis for older adults with dementia. Specifically we discuss the system as it relates to home-based enablement. Person-centred care is the gold standard in dementia care, which we incorporate into technology design by engaging in a user-led, participatory approach. The result of our considerations is the Dem@Care “toolbox”, a solution which addresses the challenge of providing home-based, person-centred care and enablement for older adults with dementia, utilising sensor technologies. The current text describes the toolbox and the terms of its future deployment.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Workshop
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Dementia; Collaborative Design; Gerontology
Subjects:Medical Sciences > Mental health
Medical Sciences > Geriatric nursing
Computer Science > Information technology
Medical Sciences > Medical ethics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Nursing and Human Sciences
DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Computing
Research Institutes and Centres > CLARITY: The Centre for Sensor Web Technologies
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:19766
Deposited On:03 Feb 2014 14:15 by Eamonn Newman . Last Modified 31 Oct 2018 14:01
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