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Title:

Dementia, design and technology : time to get involved / edited by Päivi Topo and Britt Östlund.

Publisher:

IOS Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

viii, 149 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Computerized self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Dementia--Design and construction.--Dwellings--Design and construction.
Dementia--Recreation.--Recreation.
Design and technology.

Other Authors:

Topo, Päivi.
Östlund, Britt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction: the needs of people with dementia and their carers and the potential role of design and technology / Mary Marshall -- Living with dementia and the challenges of domestic technology / Louise Nygård -- People with dementia watch television! Buy why? / Gunilla Knall and Britt Östlund -- Designing enabling environments for people with dementia, their family carers and formal carers / Päivi Topo and Helinä Kotilainen -- User needs and user requirements of people with dementia: multimedia application for entertainment / Outi Mäki and Päivi Topo -- Involving people with dementia in the design process: examples of iterative design / Roger Orpwood -- Ethical counselling as a working method in designing technology for people with dementia / Marjo Rauhala -- Designing for intimate needs: ambient intelligence in a rest room / Paul Panek -- Designing ICT for the over-80s / Eva Lindh Waterworth and John A. Waterworth -- Conclusions: time to get involved! / Britt Östlund and Päivi Topo.

Series:

Assistive technology research series ; v. 24

ISBN:

1586039504
9781586039509

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)