PMD: Designing a Portable Medicine Dispenser for Persons Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease
2010
Abstract
In this paper we present the user-centred design of a medicine dispenser for persons suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The prototype was evaluated in two phases with two caregivers and two Alzheimer's patients. Caregivers evaluated the device positively. The Alzheimer's patients faced usability problems while completing tasks due to the virtual interaction medium of the medicine dispenser. However, patients and caregivers found the concept useful for medication intake.
Details
Title
PMD: Designing a Portable Medicine Dispenser for Persons Suffering from Alzheimer's Disease
Author(s)
de Beer, Roel ; Keijers, Roy ; Shahid, Suleman ; Al Mahmud, Abdullah ; Mubin, Omar
Published in
Computers Helping People With Special Needs, Proceedings, Pt 1
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 6179
Pages
332-335
Conference
12th International Conference, ICCHP 2010, Vienna, AUSTRIA, Jul 14-16, 2010
Date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York, Ms Ingrid Cunningham, 175 Fifth Ave, New York, Ny 10010 Usa
Keywords
Laboratories
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Scientific production and competences > Non-academic units > NON-ACADEMIC - Unattributed publications
Conference Papers
Work produced at EPFL
Published
Record creation date
2011-05-05