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AT guide
— developing a new way to help people with dementia and their carers find information about assistive technology | | Author(s) | Nada Savitch, Deborah Brooks, Stephen Wey |
| Journal title | Journal of Assistive Technologies, vol 6, no 1, 2012 |
| Pages | pp 76-80 |
| Source | http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/jo... |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Assistive technology ; Information services ; Information technology ; Internet ; Attitude ; Participation ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | The AT Dementia website (www.atdementia.org.uk) is well established as the main information resource about assistive technology (AT) for people with dementia, although most of the users are currently professionals. This paper describes the development of a new online interface for the website which is aimed at people with dementia and their families. The paper describes the design process of the AT Guide and how people with dementia were involved in all aspects of the design. The idea of the new interface is to enable people with dementia and their carers to think through the difficulties they experience in their daily lives and guide them towards solutions involving assistive technologies and other forms of support. The user navigates through a series of questions with simple (usually yes or no) answers to arrive at a simple report containing tips, suggestions, advice and links to assistive technology products and other non-technological solutions that might help. The AT Guide is being developed in modules, each focusing on a different activity. The project shows that using creative ways involving people with dementia in the development of products and services is both possible and desirable. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-121026031 A |
| Classmark | EA: M: UV: UVB: 3OB: DP: TMB: 4C |
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