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Sensor e-textiles
— person centered co-design for people with late stage dementia | | Author(s) | Cathy Treadaway, Gail Kenning |
| Journal title | Working with Older People, vol 20, no 2, 2016 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2016 |
| Pages | pp 76-85 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Therapy ; Design ; Northern Ireland ; Cognitive impairment ; Well being ; Care homes ; Nursing homes ; Qualitative Studies ; Wales. |
| Annotation | The paper describes new ways of extending sensory properties of textiles through the integration of technology. Specifically, it presents design research investigating the development of sensory textiles with embedded electronics to support the well-being of people with late stage dementia in residential care. The research presented is qualitative and uses a mixed method approach informed by grounded practical theory and positive design methodologies. It uses an inclusive and participatory co-design process involving people with dementia in residential homes with specialist dementia units in South Wales and their families, with an interdisciplinary team of expert designers and technologists. It finds that both the co-design process and the artifacts developed have been beneficial in supporting well-being. The textile artifacts have been found to soothe, distract and comfort people with dementia. They have also been shown to facilitate in the moment conversational bridges between family members and carers with persons with dementia. The findings are based on a small cohort of participants, observational reports and descriptive accounts from family members and carers. The paper proposes ways in which simple hand-crafted textiles can be used beneficially to support the well-being of people with late stage dementia. It also provides examples of how technology can be used to personalise and extend the sensory properties of the artifacts created. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160603201 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: LO: 33: 9Y: E4: D:F:5HH: KW: LHB: 3DP: 9 |
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