Jordan, Philipp and Silva, Paula Alexandra and Nunes, Francisco and Oliveira, Renato
(2013)
mobileWAY – A system to reduce the feeling of temporary lonesomeness of
persons with dementia and to foster inter-caregiver collaboration.
In:
System Sciences (HICSS), 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on.
IEEE, pp. 2474-2483.
ISBN 9781467359337
Abstract
This paper presents mobileWAY (mobile
Where Are You), a system that enables caregivers of
persons with dementia (PwD) to remotely display
dynamic, customized and illustrated information on the
home television of the PwD. In particular, caregivers
can, through the use of a mobile device, provide
information about their identity, their whereabouts and
the time remaining until they return to the house of the
PwD. When adequate, caregivers can also define an
entertainment activity for the PwD.
The development of mobileWAY followed an
iterative and incremental user-centered design
approach. Semi-structured interviews with nine
informal and two professional caregivers furthered a
literature review and a competitive analysis of the
research projects around this scope. Building upon
these, a low-fidelity prototype was created and iterated
twice through usability testing with seven PwD and
fourteen caregivers. Results show that PwD
comprehend the displayed information and caregivers
effectively use and recognize the usefulness of
mobileWAY.
| Item Type: |
Book Section
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| Additional Information: |
The definitive version of this paper is available at DOI:10.1109/HICSS.2013.14 |
| Keywords: |
mobileWAY; lonesomeness; dementia; inter-caregiver collaboration; older adults; HCI; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Design Innovation |
| Item ID: |
6061 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2013.14 |
| Depositing User: |
Paula Alexandra Silva
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| Date Deposited: |
22 Apr 2015 14:28 |
| Publisher: |
IEEE |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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