TY - GEN
T1 - Designing a multimedia conversation aid for reminiscence therapy in dementia care environments
AU - Gowans, Gary
AU - Dye, Richard
AU - Campbell, Jim
AU - Astell, Arlene
AU - Alm, Norm
AU - Ellis, Maggie
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - As world populations grow older the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementia related illnesses increases (approximately 18 million sufferers worldwide). One particularly devastating effect of AD is the loss of short-term memory, which radically impairs the sufferer's ability to communicate. People with dementia, however, often retain a facility for long-term memory that can function strongly given appropriate stimulation. Project CIRCA (Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid), utilizes interactive multimedia (including audio, video, animation and QuickTime VR environments) to stimulate long-term memory to prompt verbal and non-verbal communication. We will demonstrate how - through good design practice, interdisciplinary collaboration and a user-centred approach to design - we can invest reminiscence therapy with technology-led solutions to assist our participating test groups (30+ people with dementia and 40 carers) in conversational settings. We will demonstrate how this adaptable, expansive, immediate and engaging tool can contribute significantly to 'quality of life' in dementia care environments.
AB - As world populations grow older the incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementia related illnesses increases (approximately 18 million sufferers worldwide). One particularly devastating effect of AD is the loss of short-term memory, which radically impairs the sufferer's ability to communicate. People with dementia, however, often retain a facility for long-term memory that can function strongly given appropriate stimulation. Project CIRCA (Computer Interactive Reminiscence and Conversation Aid), utilizes interactive multimedia (including audio, video, animation and QuickTime VR environments) to stimulate long-term memory to prompt verbal and non-verbal communication. We will demonstrate how - through good design practice, interdisciplinary collaboration and a user-centred approach to design - we can invest reminiscence therapy with technology-led solutions to assist our participating test groups (30+ people with dementia and 40 carers) in conversational settings. We will demonstrate how this adaptable, expansive, immediate and engaging tool can contribute significantly to 'quality of life' in dementia care environments.
KW - Animation
KW - Benefit analysis
KW - Cognitive psychology
KW - Concept design
KW - Content strategy & creation
KW - Graphic design
KW - Interaction design
KW - Multidisciplinary design / interdisciplinary design
KW - Participatory design
KW - User experience
KW - User interface design
KW - User research
KW - User-centred design / human-centred design
KW - Visual design
KW - Visual systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84876770520&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/985921.985943
DO - 10.1145/985921.985943
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84876770520
SN - 1581137036
SN - 9781581137033
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 825
EP - 836
BT - Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004
T2 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI EA 2004
Y2 - 24 April 2004 through 29 April 2004
ER -