Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia

The increase in the elderly population over the last thirty years with consequent increase in the number of people living with dementia (PwD) has resulted in a research focus on improving quality-of-life and well-being beyond basic needs, to address psychosocial needs and to provide technological su...

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Main Authors: De Filippis, Maria Laura, Craven, Michael P., Dening, Tom
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Published: Springer Verlag 2014
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Craven, Michael P.
Dening, Tom
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description The increase in the elderly population over the last thirty years with consequent increase in the number of people living with dementia (PwD) has resulted in a research focus on improving quality-of-life and well-being beyond basic needs, to address psychosocial needs and to provide technological support for these. As part of a UK industry-led, publically supported, project Connect-ing Assistive Solutions to Aspirations (CASA), research is being conducted to inform the design of assistive technology packages that are aspiration-led. Focus groups were conducted with informal carers (family relatives) of persons with dementia to elicit views on technology use for increasing independence of PwD (with a carer living at home). The focus groups were analysed through thematic analysis and the results have been used to produce personas and scenarios for creation of demonstrator assisted living packages.
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spelling nottingham-316622020-05-04T20:16:24Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/31662/ Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia De Filippis, Maria Laura Craven, Michael P. Dening, Tom The increase in the elderly population over the last thirty years with consequent increase in the number of people living with dementia (PwD) has resulted in a research focus on improving quality-of-life and well-being beyond basic needs, to address psychosocial needs and to provide technological support for these. As part of a UK industry-led, publically supported, project Connect-ing Assistive Solutions to Aspirations (CASA), research is being conducted to inform the design of assistive technology packages that are aspiration-led. Focus groups were conducted with informal carers (family relatives) of persons with dementia to elicit views on technology use for increasing independence of PwD (with a carer living at home). The focus groups were analysed through thematic analysis and the results have been used to produce personas and scenarios for creation of demonstrator assisted living packages. Springer Verlag 2014 Article PeerReviewed De Filippis, Maria Laura, Craven, Michael P. and Dening, Tom (2014) Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8868 . pp. 236-243. ISSN 0302-9743 Assistive technologies Telecare Ambient assisted living User experience Dementia http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-13105-4_35 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13105-4_35 doi:10.1007/978-3-319-13105-4_35
spellingShingle Assistive technologies
Telecare
Ambient assisted living
User experience
Dementia
De Filippis, Maria Laura
Craven, Michael P.
Dening, Tom
Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
title Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
title_full Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
title_fullStr Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
title_full_unstemmed Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
title_short Informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
title_sort informal carer role in the personalization of assistive solutions connected to aspirations of people with dementia
topic Assistive technologies
Telecare
Ambient assisted living
User experience
Dementia
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