Life-Based Design of Digital Services Supporting the Sense of Security for Home-Dwelling People Living With Memory Disorder
Abstract
Memory disorder impairs people’s independent functioning in daily life and thus threatens their safe living at home. Living at home safely requires the diversification of in-home services and forms of assistance for those living with memory disorder. The aim of this paper is to describe the life-based design process of the ongoing TuTunKo-project (2016-2017) and provide ideas for a practical operational model based on the experiences gained during the project. The goal of the project is to design a platform for digital services that support the sense of security and quality of everyday life of home-dwelling people living with memory disorder. In addition, instruments will be developed to evaluate the sense of security and life management of those with the condition and their family members.
Downloads
References
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. Quality recommendation to guarantee a good quality of life and improved services for older persons. Publications of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 2013:19. Available at: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-00-3443-6 accessed 2 January 2017.
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2015). World Population Ageing 2015, ST/ESA/SER.A/390. Available at: http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/ageing/WPA2015_Report.pdf accessed 2 January 2017.
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. National Memory Programme 2012–2020. Creating a "memory-friendly" Finland. Reports and Memorandums of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 2013:9. Available at: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-00-3286-9 accessed 2 January 2017.
Johannessen A, Möller A. Experiences of persons with early-onset dementia in everyday life: a qualitative study. Dementia 2011;12(4):410–424. Available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1471301211430647 accessed 2 January 2017.
Black BS, Johnston D, Rabins PV, et al. Unmet needs of community-residing persons with dementia and their informal caregivers: findings from the Maximising Independence at Home Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2013;61(12):2087-2095. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4001885/pdf/nihms565158.pdf accessed 2 January 2017.
Van Hoof J, Kort HSM. Supportive living environments: a first concept of a dwelling designed for older adults with dementia. Dementia 2009;8(2):293-316. Available at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1471301209103276 accessed 2 January 2017.
Olsson A, Engström M, Skovdahl K, Lampic C. My, your and our needs for safety and security: relatives' reflections on using information and communication technology in dementia care. Scand J Caring Sci 2012;26(1):104-112. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00916.x/epdf accessed 2 January 2017.
Leikas J. Life-Based Design. A holistic approach to designing human-technology interaction. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, VTT Publications 726, 2009. Available at: http://www.vtt.fi/Documents/2010_P726.pdf accessed 2 January 2017.
Saariluoma P, Cañas JJ, Leikas J. Designing for Life - A human perspective on technology development. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2016.
Räsänen PM, Kanste O, Elo S, Kyngäs H. Factors associated with the self-care of home-dwelling older people. J Nurs Educ Pract 2014;4(8):90-96. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v4n8p90 accessed 2 January 2017.
Jarvis P. Paradoxes of Learning. On Becoming an Individual in Society. San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass Inc. Publishers, 1992.
Lanne M. Käsityksiä kotona asuvan ikäihmisen turvallisuuteen liittyvistä tarpeista ja palveluista [In Finnish]. Gerontologia 2013;27(3):262–276.
Copyright (c) 2017 Hanna-Mari Pesonen, Milla Immonen, Jouni Kaartinen, Jaana Leikas, Satu Elo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
