For People Living with Dementia (PLwD), wandering behaviour can cause undesired consequences, such as falling, getting lost or even fatalities. For caregivers, taking care of PLwD with wandering behaviours is burdensome. If not intervened early, some wandering behaviours will escalate into crisis events. This design research aims to explore how to convert the wandering behaviour to a guided activity with the minimum input from caregivers by intervening early, that is, engaging PLwD, to avoid potential escalations. Based on Need-driven Dementia-compromised Behaviour (NDB) model, Crisis Development model and via a co-design approach, we developed De-light. De-light is a set of interactive sticks enhanced by light, audio and tactile experiences. Based on the degree of wandering behaviours of PLwD, De-light can be placed by the caregiver in a safe and suitable area in the nursing home to provide a controlled setting for guiding PLwD to perform physical activity. Our design research implies the possibilities of applying NDB model, Crisis Development model, and co- design approach in designing for the wandering behaviours for PLwD.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:36598 |
| Date | 18 December 2019 |
| Creators | Wang, Gubing, Albayrak, Armagan, van der Cammen, Tischa J. M. |
| Publisher | TUDpress |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:conferenceObject, info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 978-3-95908-183-2, urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa2-353220, qucosa:35322 |
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