Design for Dementia Care: Making a Difference

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Author
Jakob, Anke
Manchester, Helen
Treadaway, Cathy
Date
2017-06Acceptance date
2017-06
Type
Conference paper
Publisher
AHO
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The paper discusses the growing role of design in
dementia care and its power to enhance the
wellbeing of people living with dementia, their
carers and caregivers. It refers to three examples
of recent design research focusing on creating
environments, objects and technologies to support
appropriate person-centred stimulation and
activities in dementia care.
The projects use interdisciplinary co-design
approaches and ethnographic methods to establish
new knowledge and develop user-centred design
solutions to improve care. The authors debate that
engaging end-users in the design process not only
empowers the designer; the collaborative approach
enables in particular the carer / caregiver to reflect
on their important task and to mobilise their
creativity.
Journal/conference proceeding
Nordes 2017: DESIGN+POWER
Citation
Jakob, A., Manchester, H and Treadaway, C. (2017) 'Design for Dementia Care: Making a Difference', Nordes 2017: DESIGN+POWER (7th Nordic Design Research Conference 15-17 June 2017). AHO - Oslo
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Conference paper presented at Nordes 2017 - http://www.nordes.org/nordes2017
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