The whereabouts clock: early testing of a situated awareness device
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Of pill boxes and piano benches: "home-made" methods for managing medication
CSCW '06 Proceedings of the 2006 20th anniversary conference on Computer supported cooperative work
Healthcare in everyday life: designing healthcare services for daily life
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
PeerCare: Supporting Awareness of Rhythms and Routines for Better Aging in Place
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Journal of Medical Systems
Accounting for medication particularities: designing for everyday medication management
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
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Several technologies have been developed to support people's medication management, including pillboxes, specialized software applications, reminders and paper-based medication lists. Several of these technologies were discovered in older adults' homes during user studies carried out with the main purpose to help them to manage their medications and recall challenges. We confirm that a considerable number of older adults integrate their medication treatments into their daily life routines, and that the lack of knowledge, caregiver's support, medicine outside the home, forgetting medication intake, complexity of medication regimen were equally important challenges. One of the major findings was the issue related to substitutions, as older adults get confused due to the volatile information that they receive regarding their medications. We define basic requirements in order to address these issues towards the design of a personalized medication management system. We further describe our initial stage in a participatory design process as part of the ongoing Lev Vel Consortium.