Using participatory design to determine the needs of informal caregivers for smart home user interfaces
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Smart home technologies hold potential to help older adults with dementia complete activities independently, while alleviating the burden placed on their informal caregivers. Toward this goal, more research focus is needed to involve informal caregivers in the needs analysis and design of smart home
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Older adults may no longer be independent in performing activities of daily living and rely on family or caregivers for support, whose needs, constraints, and preferences must also be considered in the design process.
“Older adults may no longer be independent in performing activities of daily living (ADL) and rely on people ( e.g. , family, caregivers) for support, whose needs, constraints, and preferences must also be considered in the design process [19].”
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The Introduction says that older adults with dementia may lose independence in daily activities and require care, often from family or other informal caregivers. The Discussion says caregivers’ needs, preferences, challenges, and requirements matter for smart-home design. The citing sentence omits the paper’s dementia-specific context and applies the point to older adults more generally. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Hwang, A., Truong, K., & Mihailidis, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Hwang, Amy
- Venue
- Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Published
- 2012
- Pages
- 41-48
- ISSN
- 2153-1633 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2009010391
- Cited by
- 43
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 5 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 11.03
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (publishedVersion)
- International Conference on Pervasive Computing
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Keywords
- participatory design, informal caregivers, home automation, user interface, dementia, older adults, needs assessment, caregiver burden, independent living
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