Paper Info
Title
Dynamorph - Montessori Inspired Design for Seniors with Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities.
Abstract
Seniors with dementia living in nursing homes are often faced with boredom and loneliness due to lack of meaningful engagement and personalized activities. We applied Montessori method to design an interactive table for elderly home residents and evaluated the design with four female residents and a nurse. This method offers a range of levelled interactions to meet the needs at different stages and cognitive decline levels of the residents with dementia. The table initiates interaction with an increasing level of complexity that magnifies the rewarding effects and social connectedness among the residents. The qualitative evaluation during a pilot study indicated that the interactions with the table reduced agitation of the elderly participants and increased the instances of positive social behaviours.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1007/978-3-319-73062-2_4
INTETAIN
Field
DocType
Citations 
Gerontology,Social connectedness,Interaction design,Computer science,Long-term care,Boredom,Montessori method,Multimedia,Cognitive decline,Loneliness,Dementia
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yuan Feng121838.29
Ruud van Reijmersdal200.34
Suihuai Yu3259.68
g w m rauterberg461.53
Jun Hu516231.29
Emilia I. Barakova621232.26