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This paper describes the development of a tool that assists arts therapists working with older adults with dementia. Participation in creative activities is becoming accepted as a method for improving quality of life. This paper presents the design of a novel tool to increase the capacity of creative arts therapists to engage cognitively impaired older adults in creative activities. The tool is a creative arts touch-screen interface that presents a user with activities such as painting, drawing, or collage. It was developed with a user-centered design methodology in collaboration with a group of creative arts therapists. The tool is customizable by therapists, allowing them to design and build personalized therapeutic/goal-oriented creative activities for each client. In this paper, we evaluate the acceptability of the tool by arts therapists (our primary user group). We perform this evaluation qualitatively with a set of one-on-one interviews with arts therapists who work specifically with persons with dementia. We show how their responses during interviews support the idea of a customizable assistance tool. We evaluate the tool in simulation by showing a number of examples, and by demonstrating customizable components.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | ASSETS '10 |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Pages | 211-218 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781605588810 |
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Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility - Orlando, United States Duration: 25 Oct 2010 → 27 Oct 2010 http://www.sigaccess.org/assets10/ |
Conference
Conference | 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility |
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Abbreviated title | Assets 2010 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Orlando |
Period | 25/10/10 → 27/10/10 |
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12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility
Jesse Hoey (Participant)
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