Portrait: portraying individuality

Gemma Webster; Deborah I. Fels; Gary Gowans; Norman Alm

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_86

Portrait: portraying individuality

Gemma Webster, Deborah I. Fels, Gary Gowans, Norman Alm

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Abstract

People with dementia who live in care homes can have very little social interaction. Care staff have limited time to spend with each person and communication difficulties can make it difficult to get to know the person with dementia as a person. This paper presents Portrait a software tool to enable care staff to get to know a person with dementia quickly. An initial usability study was carried out to evaluate the system with inexperienced computer users. The study was conducted in two iterations collecting data on ease of use, preference of features, level of training required and how engaging Portrait was to use. Overall Portrait was very positively recieved with no major usability issues and all participants rated the system as either engaging or very engaging and fun to use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers Helping people with special needs, Proceedings PT2
Editors	K Miesenberger, J Klaus, W Zagler, A Karshmer
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	576-583
Number of pages	8
Volume	6180 LNCS
ISBN (Print)	9783642140990
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_86
Publication status	Published - 2010
Event	12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs - Vienna, Austria Duration: 14 Jul 2010 → 16 Jul 2010 http://www.icchp.org/node/293

Conference

Conference	12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Abbreviated title	ICCHP 2010
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	14/07/10 → 16/07/10
Internet address	http://www.icchp.org/node/293

Keywords

Multimedia
Dementia
Personality
Person Centred
Care Aid
COMMUNICATION SUPPORT
DEMENTIA
PEOPLE
CARE

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Webster, G, Fels, DI, Gowans, G & Alm, N 2010, Portrait: portraying individuality. in K Miesenberger, J Klaus, W Zagler & A Karshmer (eds), Computers Helping people with special needs, Proceedings PT2. vol. 6180 LNCS, Springer , Berlin, pp. 576-583, 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Vienna, Austria, 14/07/10. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14100-3_86

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