1st Edition

Design for People Living with Dementia

Edited By Paul A. Rodgers Copyright 2022
272 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book presents the latest research that shows how design thinking, making, and acting contribute to the co-designing and development of products, spaces, and services with people living with dementia. We know that there is currently no cure for the 130+ kinds of dementia that millions of people live with all over the world, but the designed interventions such as the products, spaces,... Read more

Introduction

Paul A. Rodgers

1. Interactive Textiles for Well-being in Dementia Friendly Communities

Lucy Robertson, Chris Lim, and Wendy Moncur

2. Textile Memories: Designing Wearables Technology for People Living with Dementi

Julia Danckwerth

3. Designed with DeMEntia: Building Long-lasting Collaborative Care

Euan Winton and Paul A. Rodgers

4. Design for People Living with Dementia: Considerations and Qualities for Technology and Design

Rens Brankaert and Elke den Ouden

5. Designing Nurturing Experiences for People Living with Advanced Dementia

Cathy Treadaway

6. The Emergence of Empathy: Through Designing for One

Andrea Wilkinson and Niels Hendriks

7. Dementia Architecture: Designing Typological Floorplans using the ‘Research through Design’ Approach

Leonie van Buuren, Lex van Delden, and Masi Mohammadi

8. Alexa, What Day is it Again? Virtual Assistants Empowering People Living with Dementia at Home

Jeanie Beh, Sonja Pedell, Alison de Kruiff, and Ann Reilly

9. Making the Fuzzy End Even Fuzzier: The Role of the Caregiving Relative in Participatory Design Processes with People Living with Dementia

Carolin Schreiber and Diana Cürlis

10. Paradise Room - How the Sensory Room can Become a Desirable Destination for Residents in Care Homes

Anke Jakob

11. Parlours of Wonder: Designing Intergenerational Spaces of Encounter

Helen Manchester and Hannah Rumble

12. Connecting Design Students with People Living in Long-term Care: Driving Social Change Through the Curriculum

Jon Hannan, Caylee Raber, and Michael Peterson

13. Super/Normal: Designing Dementia Services around Wicked Assets

Daniel Carey

14. Trigger Memories through Material Culture in Mexican People Living with Dementia

Annika Maya Rivero

15. Products and Strategies for Dementia Rehabilitation and Prevention in Nursing Homes

Aline Aride and Rita Couto

16. MemoryBox – Using Digitised Memories to Improve the Quality of Life of People Living with Dementia

Kanvar Nayer and Kuldeep Nayer

17. Evaluating Shared Tablet Interactions Co-created for People Living with Moderate to Advanced Dementia

Stu Favilla, Sonja Pedell, Andrew Murphy and Jeanie Beh

18. Exploring the Role of Everyday Sounds to Support People Living with Dementia

Sarah Campbell, David Frohlich, and Norman Alm

Biography

Paul A. Rodgers is a Professor of Design at the University of Strathclyde and is the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Design Leadership Fellow.