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Designing for and with People with Dementia using a Human Rights-Based Approach

Authors:

Kausalya Ganesh,

Alisha Pradhan,

Mary L. Radnofsky, and

Amanda LazarAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2021

Article No.: 44, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3411763.3443434

Published: 08 May 2021 Publication History

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Abstract

User-centered design is typically framed around meeting the preferences and needs of populations involved in the design process. However, when designing technology for people with disabilities, in particular dementia, there is also a moral imperative to ensure that human rights of this segment of the population are consciously integrated into the process and respectfully included in the product. We introduce a human rights-based user-centered design process which is informed by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). We conducted two editions of a three-day-long design workshop during which undergraduate students and dementia advocates came together to design technology for people with dementia. This case study demonstrates our novel approach to user-centered design that centers human rights through different stages of the workshop and actively involves people with dementia in the design process.

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Engelsma THeijmink SHendriksen HVisser LLemstra AJaspers MPeute L(2023)Capturing usability problems for people living with dementia applying the DEMIGNED principles in usability evaluation methods (Preprint)JMIR Human Factors10.2196/54032Online publication date: 3-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.2196/54032
Dai JMoffatt K(2023)Enriching Social Sharing for the Dementia Community: Insights from In-Person and Online Social ProgramsACM Transactions on Accessible Computing10.1145/358255816:1(1-33)Online publication date: 29-Mar-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3582558
Flynn AHealy DBarry MBrennan ARedfern SHoughton CCasey D(2022)Key Stakeholders’ Experiences and Perceptions of Virtual Reality for Older Adults Living With Dementia: Systematic Review and Thematic SynthesisJMIR Serious Games10.2196/3722810:4(e37228)Online publication date: 23-Dec-2022
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Designing for and with People with Dementia using a Human Rights-Based Approach
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
  2. Interaction design
    1. Interaction design process and methods
      1. User centered design
2. Social and professional topics
  1. User characteristics

Index terms have been assigned to the content through auto-classification.

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CHI EA '21: Extended Abstracts of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2021

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DOI:10.1145/3411763

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University of California Santa Cruz, USA
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https://doi.org/10.2196/54032
Dai JMoffatt K(2023)Enriching Social Sharing for the Dementia Community: Insights from In-Person and Online Social ProgramsACM Transactions on Accessible Computing10.1145/358255816:1(1-33)Online publication date: 29-Mar-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3582558
Flynn AHealy DBarry MBrennan ARedfern SHoughton CCasey D(2022)Key Stakeholders’ Experiences and Perceptions of Virtual Reality for Older Adults Living With Dementia: Systematic Review and Thematic SynthesisJMIR Serious Games10.2196/3722810:4(e37228)Online publication date: 23-Dec-2022
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