Overview
- Presents advances in the context of understanding how to design for people living with dementia and other similar conditions
- Brings together the insights, understanding and achievements of experts in design for dementia in HCI
- Provides concrete examples of successful projects, methods and approaches that can be used in the context of design for people with dementia
- Foregrounds participatory and inclusive approaches to ensure full consideration is given to the users in design and research
Part of the book series: Human–Computer Interaction Series (HCIS)
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Old age is currently the greatest risk factor for developing dementia. Since older people make up a larger portion of the population than ever before, the resulting increase in the incidence of dementia presents a major challenge for society. Dementia is complex and multifaceted and impacts not only the person with the diagnosis but also those caring for them and society as a whole.
Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) design and development are pivotal in enabling people with dementia to live well and be supported in the communities around them. HCI is increasingly addressing the need for inclusivity and accessibility in the design and development of new technologies, interfaces, systems, services, and tools. Using interdisciplinary approaches HCI engages with the complexities and ‘messiness’ of real-world design spaces to provide novel perspectives and new ways of addressing the challenge of dementia and multi-stakeholder needs.
HCI and Design in the Context of Dementia brings together the work of international experts, designers and researchers working across disciplines. It provides methodologies, methods and frameworks, approaches to participatory engagement and case studies showing how technology can impact the lives of people living with dementia and those around them. It includes examples of how to conduct dementia research and design in-context in the field of HCI, ethically and effectively and how these issues transcend the design space of dementia to inform HCI design and technology development more broadly. The book is valuable for and aimed at designers, researchers, scholars and caregivers that work with vulnerable groups like people with dementia, and those directly impacted.
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Inclusion and Recognition: In the Context of Dementia
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Design Approaches: In the Context of Dementia
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Design and Experience: In the Context of Dementia
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: HCI and Design in the Context of Dementia
Editors: Rens Brankaert, Gail Kenning
Series Title: Human–Computer Interaction Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32835-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32834-4Published: 17 July 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32837-5Published: 17 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32835-1Published: 16 July 2020
Series ISSN: 1571-5035
Series E-ISSN: 2524-4477
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 355
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 89 illustrations in colour
Topics: User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, Cognitive Psychology, Computers and Society