Designing Self-Management for and with Persons Living with Dementia

O'Sullivan, Dympna and Wilson, Michael and Berry, Damon and Moran, Orla and O'Neill, Siobhan and Nugent, Ciaran and Turner, Jonathan and Doyle, Julie (2024) Designing Self-Management for and with Persons Living with Dementia. In: Computers Helping People with Special Needs. Springer Nature Link.

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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.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	Science
Research Centres:	Netwell/CASALA
Depositing User:	Patricia McAleer
Date Deposited:	13 Aug 2026 23:32
Last Modified:	13 Aug 2026 23:32
License:	Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0
URI:	https://eprints.dkit.ie/id/eprint/1079

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