Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty

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Author
Fennell, Jac
Treadaway, Cathy
Kenning, Gail
Date
2017-12-04Acceptance date
2017
Type
Conference paper
Publisher
Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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This paper presents research undertaken as part of the LAUGH project to explore design processes and design of hand held playful objects for people living with advanced dementia. A series of six co-design workshops were carried out with experts in relationto dementia and design. This paper reports on a workshop with designers that enabled them to draw on their experience and training in design, provided creative opportunities to reflect on their personal values, and challenged preconceptions about designing for dementia care.
Journal/conference proceeding
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Design4Health 2017;
Citation
Fennell, J., Treadaway, C. & Kenning, G. (2017) 'Design for dementia: Making spaces for uncertainty', In Seemann, K and Barron, D. (Eds.). (2017). Design4Health, Melbourne. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Design4Health 2017, Melbourne Cricket Ground, 4 – 7 Dec 2017, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Centre for Design Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology.
ISBN-13: 978-0-6480892-1-6, pp. 117-120
URI
https://research.shu.ac.uk/design4health/publications/2017-melbourne-conference-proceedingshttp://hdl.handle.net/10369/11189
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Conference paper published in the Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Design4Health 2017, available open access at https://research.shu.ac.uk/design4health/publications/2017-melbourne-conference-proceedings
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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