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Dementia is a progressive and neurodegenerative condition that leads to a gradual deterioration of the individual's functional capacity and social relations. Engaging in meaningful activities is considered an effective approach to maintaining and increasing the well-being of people living with dementia. Digital media has the potential to improve the quality of life for people living with dementia, allowing them...
This ongoing exploratory study uses a co-design approach to actively engage people with dementia and informal caregivers in the design of a website prototype to support meaningful activities. The website is called Vamos? Atividades significativas para pessoas com demência. It can be translated to Let’s go? Meaningful activities for people with dementia. It corresponds to the third phase of the project “Design f...
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Inclusivity is the explicit and ultimate aim of Inclusive Design. Although the field continues to develop, it remains heavily influenced by product design logic and practices. Drawing on current discussions on how to educate designers for real-world challenges, we argue that Service Design offers a complementary knowledge set that supports novice inclusive designers in engaging with increasingly complex design ...
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INTRODUCTION: Early-career researchers contribute significantly to dementia research and clinical practice. However, a growing group of early-career dementia researchers (ECDRs) lack appropriate support throughout their careers. Thus, we aim to (i) explore support needs, (ii) determine recommendations, and (iii) set the agenda for organizations to better support ECDRs. METHODS: An iterative, explanatory sequent...
Design can be defined as a practice (leading to artefacts and services) as well as a way to research but it also can be used to describe a way to look at the world (design thinking) (Bannon and Ehn 2012; Kimbell 2011). As an approach, design has been highlighted as a way to innovate within ill-structured problems (so-called wicked problems)(Rittel and Webber 1973) such as healthcare (Patrício et al. 2020). With...