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
Summary
An anthology that answers a need to understand design that supports the daily life of people with dementia. It intends to support the research and development around the topic of dementia in older people, which has stressed innovation, participation in the design process, as well as technical competence and the physical environment
