Co-Designing Assistive Technology with and for Persons Living with Dementia

O'Sullivan, Dympna and Turner, Jonathan and O'Neill, Siobhan and Wilson, Michael and Doyle, Julie (2023) Co-Designing Assistive Technology with and for Persons Living with Dementia. ThinkMind.

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Abstract

Dementia is a chronic and progressive neurodegenerative illness, which can lead to significant difficulties in a person’s capacity to perform activities of daily living (ADLs) and engage in meaningful activities. There is an acute need, which digital health technologies can potentially fulfil, to provide proactive support for persons living with dementia (PLwD) and their caregivers. However, there is limited involvement of PLwD in the design of technology that could be used to support their personal plans for independent living at home. In this paper, we describe how we are employing a co-design methodology to support engagement in an assistive technology toolkit for managing ADLs for people living with the early stages of dementia.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Science
Research Centres:	Netwell/CASALA
Depositing User:	Patricia McAleer
Date Deposited:	01 Sep 2026 08:10
Last Modified:	01 Sep 2026 08:10
License:	Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0
URI:	https://eprints.dkit.ie/id/eprint/1081

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