Enabling self, intimacy and a sense of home in dementia

Jayne Wallace, Anja Thieme, Gavin Wood, Guy Schofield, Patrick Olivier

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    Abstract

    Design and digital technologies to support a sense of self and human relationships for people living with dementia are both urgently needed. We present an enquiry into design for dementia facilitated by a public art commission for an adult mental health unit in a hospital in the UK. The interactive art piece was informed by the notion of personhood in dementia that foregrounds the person's social being and interpersonal relationships as sites where self is maintained and constructed. How clients, clients' family members and staff used the piece is reported and insights related to the notions of home, intimacy, possessions and self are presented. The art piece served as window on both dementia and the institution leading to a number of insights and implications for design.
    Original languageEnglish
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2012
    Event30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012 - Austin, Texas, Austin, TX, United States
    Duration: 5 May 201210 May 2012
    http://chi2012.acm.org/program/desktop/Session232.html?searchterm=health+system

    Conference

    Conference30th ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2012
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityAustin, TX
    Period5/05/1210/05/12
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