Title
Tangible interaction drawers for people with dementia: retrieving living experiences from past memories.
Abstract
Recently, available studies suggest that reminiscence activity can improve cognitive functions and/or mood of people with dementia (PwD). Most current approaches focus on two types: using physical items (e.g. their photos, belonging objects), or using technology (e.g. tablet application). Physical item solutions are associated with more effort as each individual needs their own set of items. Technology solutions are promising but even a device with three buttons may be too complicated for people with moderate-severe dementia [1]. They usually need support to use the application. Based on contextual design, we came up with a chest of drawers using tangible user interface and Ubicomp technologies that can be interactive and adaptive. This approach also lets PwD do reminiscence activity by themselves, consequently enhance their autonomy, independent, and quality of life.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2968219.2971434
UbiComp Adjunct
Keywords
Field
DocType
Dementia, Design, Tangible Interaction, Tracking
Reminiscence,Mood,Computer science,Contextual design,Autonomy,Human–computer interaction,Ubiquitous computing,Cognition,Multimedia,Tangible user interface,Dementia
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.37
2
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nam Tung Ly142.32
Jan Preßler211.39
Dominik Gall3825.29
Jörn Hurtienne426844.65
Stephan Huber5297.24