A Literature Review on the Design of Smart Homes for People with Dementia Using a User-Centred Design Approach

The number of people with dementia is rising every year, and it is getting more expensive to provide care for them in specially designed care centres. Furthermore, some people with dementia prefer to live independently, and to be accompanied by informal and family caregivers. One way to meet this requirement of people with dementia is to place them in smart homes. Smart homes facilitate extra care for people with dementia with automated and semi-automated support. However, smart homes need to be designed in a way that addresses the specific needs of people with dementia. One suggested approach is the usercentred design method, which involves the participation of people with dementia and their caregivers during the design process. This paper presents a literature review of smart homes for people with dementia and user-centred design. The paper attempts to provide a sound review, which can be useful for designers and developers of smart homes for people with dementia.

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Parisa Raei

Abdelhamid Bouchachia

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2016.70

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[1] M. AmiribesheliA. BenmansourA. Bouchachia 2015 A review of smart homes in healthcare Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing 6 4 495 517

[2] M. AmiribesheliA. Bouchachia 2015 Smart homes design for people with dementia Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Intelligent Environments (IE) 156 159 IEEE

[3] M. Aoyama 2005 Persona-and-scenario based requirements engineering for software embedded in digital consumer products Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering, pages 85–94 IEEE

[4] J. C. AugustoP McCullaghV. McClellandJ. Walkden 2007 Enhanced healthcare provision through assisted decision-making in a smart home environment Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Ambient Intelligence (AITAmI) 7 27 32

[5] A.v. Berlo 2002 Smart home technology: Have older people paved the way? Gerontechnology 2 1 77 87

[6] S. BjørnebyP TopoT. Holthe 1999 Technology, ethics and dementia: A guidebook on how to apply technology in dementia care Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research

[7] M. N. BoulosS. WheelerC. TavaresR. Jones 2011 How smartphones are changing the face of mobile and participatory healthcare: an overview, with example from ecaalyx Biomedical engineering online 10 1 24

[8] R. CasasR. B. MarínA. RobinetA. R. DelgadoA. R. YarzaJ. McginnR. PickingV. Grout 2008 User modelling in ambient intelligence for elderly and disabled people Proceedings of the International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons Springer

[9] D. CastillaA. Garcia-PalaciosJ. Breton-LopezI. MirallesR. M. BañosE. EtchemendyL. FarfalliniC. Botella 2013 Process of design and usability evaluation of a telepsychology web and virtual reality system for the elderly: Butler International Journal of Human-Computer Studies 71 3 350 362

[10] G. DemirisM. J. RantzM. A. AudK. D. MarekH. W. TyrerM. SkubicA. A. Hussam 2004 Older adults’ attitudes towards and perceptions of ‘smart home’ technologies: a pilot study Medical informatics and the Internet in medicine 29 2 87 94

[11] Department of Health-UK 2016 Improving chronic disease management [online] www.dh.gov.uk

[12] J. S. DumasJ. Redish 1999 A practical guide to usability testing. Intellect Books

[13] V. HainesM. MaguireC. CooperV. MitchellF. LentonH. KevalC. Nicolle 2005 User centred design in smart homes: research to support the equipment and services aggregation trials Loughborough University Institutional Repository

[14] International Standards Organisation 1999 ISO 13407: Human-centred design processes for interactive systems Geneva:ISO

[15] IST ADVISORY GROUP 2003 Ambient intelligence: from vision to reality: For participation in society & business ISTAG Consolidated Document. Information Society and Media Directorate

[16] M. H. JozamE. AllamehB. de VriesH. Timmermans 2012 Prototype evaluation of a user centered design system for smart homes Proceedings of the Conference on Design and Decision Support Systems in Architecture and Urban Planning (DDSS2012) 27 29

[17] T. KleinbergerM. BeckerE. RasA. HolzingerP Müller 2007 Ambient intelligence in assisted living: enable elderly people to handle future interfaces Proceedings of the International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction 103 112 Springer

[18] J. Lumsden 2008 Handbook of research on user interface design and evaluation for mobile technology 1 IGI global

[19] J. LundströmE. JärpeA. Verikas 2016 Detecting and exploring deviating behaviour of smart home residents Expert Systems with Applications 55 429 440

[20] M. Maguire 2001 Methods to support humancentred design International journal of humancomputer studies 55 4 587 634

[21] R. OrpwoodC. GibbsT. AdlamR. FaulknerD. Meegahawatte 2005 The design of smart homes for people with dementia—user-interface aspects Universal Access in the information society 4 2 156 164

[22] D. PoulsonM. AshbyS. Richardson 1996 A practical handbook on user-centred design for assistive technology Brussels European Commission, TIDE

[23] A. RaappanaM. RaumaH. Melkas 2007 Impact of safety alarm systems on care personnel Gerontechnology 6 2 112 117

[24] V. K. RavishankarW. BurlesonD. Mahoney 2015 Smart home strategies for usercentered functional assessment of older adults International Journal of Automation and Smart Technology 5 4 233 242

[25] B. ReisbergS. H. FerrisM. J. de LeonT. Crook 1982 The global deterioration scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia The American journal of psychiatry

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[27] C. Röcker 2013 User centered design of intelligent environments: requirements for designing successful ambient assisted living systems. In Proceedings of the Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems 4 Croatia Faculty of Organization and Informatics

[28] M. ScheermesserH. KosowA. RashidC. Holtmann 2008 User acceptance of pervasive computing in healthcare: Main findings of two case studies. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (PervasiveHealth) 205 213 IEEE

[29] T. ShibataK. Tanie 2001 Emergence of affective behaviors through physical interaction between human and mental commit robot. Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 13 5 505 516

[30] M. SkubicG. AlexanderM. PopescuM. RantzJ. Keller 2009 A smart home application to eldercare: Current status and lessons learned. Technology and Health Care 17 3 183 201

[31] A. Sponselee-m., B. SchoutenD. BouwhuisC. Willems 2007 Smart home technology for the elderly: Perceptions of multidisciplinary stakeholders In Constructing ambient intelligence 314 326 Springer

[32] D. H. StefanovZ. BienW.-C. Bang 2004 The smart house for older persons and persons with physical disabilities: structure, technology arrangements, and perspectives IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 12 2 228 250

[33] M. SteisV. PrabhuA. KolanowskiY. KangK. BowlesD. FickL. EvansK. A. KalmakisL. J. BanningC. C. Gyurko et al 2012 Detection of delirium in communitydwelling persons with dementia Online Journal of Nursing Informatics 16 1

[34] A. C. TranS. MarslandJ. DietrichH. W. GuesgenP. Lyons 2010 Use cases for abnormal behaviour detection in smart homes Aging Friendly Technology for Health and Independence 144 151 Springer

[35] D. VahsR. Burmester 2005 Innovationsmanagement: von der Produktidee zur erfolgreichen Vermarktung. Schäffer-Poeschel

[36] World Health Organisation 2015a 10 facts on ageing and health. [online] http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/ageing/en/

[37] World Health Organisation 2015b World report on aging and health [online] http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/186463/1/9789240694811_eng.pdf

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