Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2841-9738

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Computer Sciences, Social sciences, Health care sciences and services

Publication Details

ICCHP: International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Need 2024 July 8 - 12, 2024.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1007/978-3-031-62849-8

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-62849-8_22

Abstract

Promoting high quality of life for persons living with dementia has emerged as a central goal in global public health agendas. The emphasis has shifted from extending life to actively enhancing overall well-being by postponing or preventing additional disability. This represents a departure from traditional medical perspectives on dementia to a more socially-oriented approach, placing a strong focus on wellbeing.

In parallel, the concept of self-management for people with living dementia has emerged, where this is a person-centred approach in which the individual is empowered and has ownership over the management of their life and condition. Practice recommendations for person-centered care have been recommended, which emphasize the importance of knowing and understanding the person living with dementia such that individualized choice and dignity are supported. There is also a need to include informal carers (family members or friends) in designing collaborative care planning, while balancing empowerment and active engagement for the person with living dementia in self-management with carer support. This paper describes our approach to co-designing assistive technologies for care planning with and for persons living with dementia and their caregivers.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62849-8_22

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland

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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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