Active collaboration in healthcare design: participatory design to develop a dementia care app

  • Authors:
  • Karin Slegers;Andrea Wilkinson;Niels Hendriks

  • Affiliations:
  • KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;MAD-Faculty, Genk, Belgium;CUO, MAD-Faculty, Genk, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper describes a research project aimed at developing a mealtime data registration tool for people with dementia. As to actively involve all stakeholders in this healthcare design project and to generate empathy and involvement, methods from participatory design were used. For each of the three research phases (ethnography, ideation & conceptualization and prototyping) we describe our approach towards stakeholder involvement and active collaboration. We discuss lessons learned in terms of good practices and the issues we struggle with.