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Working towards inclusion : Creating technology for and with people living with mild cognitive impairment or dementia who are employed
- Source :
- Dementia (London, England)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för samhälle och hälsa, 2022.
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Abstract
- Earlier diagnosis and longer working careers is resulting in more individuals being identified as having Mild Cognitive Impairment or Early Onset Dementia (MCI/EOD) when they are still in the workforce. While there is growing interest in the dementia research community and beyond to develop technologies to support people with dementia, the use of technology for and by people with MCI/EOD in the workplace has had very little attention. This paper presents a two-part study involving interviews and participatory sessions to begin to understand the workplace experiences and the role of technology among people living with MCI/EOD. We present our findings from working with seven people with MCI/EOD and two care partners to explore technology design. Our results indicate several similarities as well as a few differences between MCI/EOD and later-onset dementia with respect to challenges using technology and design considerations for supporting engagement and use of technology. Lessons learned through the process of working with people with MCI/EOD through participatory methods is presented along with recommendations to foster an inclusive, respectful, and empowering experience for participants with MCI/EOD. Funding Agencies|JTC 2017 as part of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) "More Years, Better Lives" (JPI MYBL) initiative; J-Age II - Horizon 2020, the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation [643850]
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Participatory methods
Technology
Sociology and Political Science
early-onset dementia
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
mild cognitive impairment
mental disorders
medicine
Dementia
Humans
Cognitive Dysfunction
Gerontologi, medicinsk/hälsovetenskaplig inriktning
Use of technology
Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences
10. No inequality
Cognitive impairment
Early onset dementia
Design technology
030504 nursing
General Social Sciences
General Medicine
Articles
medicine.disease
workplace
Workforce
user-centred design
0305 other medical science
Psychology
Inclusion (education)
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
technology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17412684
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Dementia (London, England)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b0f5fb7c1ad6530501403aaa49d2917f