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Using lifelogging to help construct the identity of people with dementia

Piasek, Paulina, Irving, Kate orcid logoORCID: 0000-0002-9255-4574 and Smeaton, Alan F. orcid logoORCID: 0000-0003-1028-8389 (2014) Using lifelogging to help construct the identity of people with dementia. In: Irish Human Computer Interaction Conference 2014, 1-2 Sept 2014, DCU, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract
While there is much interest and work around the topic of how technology shapes our lives, there is less work around how technology can record our lives and how we can use that recording to remember, in cases when our own memories fail. Our work explores the incorporation of lifelogging technology into a therapeutic approach to support people with dementia. SenseCam therapy aims to stimulate the cognition of a person with dementia, with maintenance of their personal identity as its primary goal. SenseCam images are used as cues to meaningful discussions about the person’s recent memories, thus constructing a particular version of the participant’s identity during the therapy sessions. The constructed identity was enriched by uncensored details from the day-to-day life of the SenseCam wearer and hugely influenced by the content of SenseCam images. This reflects how the identity of people with dementia transforms but continues despite the disease progression, thus illustrating how technology goes beyond just shaping the wearers’ lives. This paper reports details of three case studies carried out as part of a qualitative study exploring the potential of lifelogging technology in supporting health care professionals and relatives to develop a more holistic version of the identity of people with dementia than during other therapies.
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Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:Conference
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:Dementia
Subjects:Computer Science > Lifelog
Social Sciences > Social psychology
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science and Health > School of Nursing and Human Sciences
Research Institutes and Centres > INSIGHT Centre for Data Analytics
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:20219
Deposited On:25 Sep 2014 10:24 by Paulina Piasek . Last Modified 31 Oct 2018 12:13
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