Literature Reviews
Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.
34 results found tagged dementia.
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A Tool to Promote Prolonged Engagement in Art Therapy: Design and Development from Arts Therapist Requirements
This paper describes the design and evaluation of a customisable touch-screen tool that assists creative arts therapists working with older adults with dementia. The system uses a partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) controller to aut…
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Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Help (NOAH) for Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment: A Pilot Study
This paper describes NOAH (Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Help), an intelligent powered wheelchair system designed to provide adaptive navigation assistance to older adults with cognitive impairment in long-term care settings. An estimated 60-80% …
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Safe Walking Technology for People with Dementia: What Do They Want?
This paper investigates how safe walking technology can be designed to meet the actual needs and preferences of people with dementia, rather than imposing surveillance-based solutions on them. The researchers worked with three people with early-stage…
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Automatically Identifying Trouble-Indicating Speech Behaviors in Alzheimer's Disease
This paper addresses the challenge of automatically detecting communication breakdowns in conversations with people who have Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that deteriorates memory, executive capacity, visual-…
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The Effect of Voice Output on AAC-Supported Conversations of Persons with Alzheimer's Disease
This study investigated whether digitized voice output on AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) devices would improve conversations for people with moderate Alzheimer's disease. The researchers hypothesized that voice output might function…
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Technology for Supporting Care Staff in Residential Homes
This paper addresses a neglected population in accessibility research: care staff who provide day-to-day support to residents in care homes, particularly those with dementia. While technology has been developed to support healthcare administrators, m…
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Automatic Task Assistance for People with Cognitive Disabilities in Brushing Teeth - A User Study with the TEBRA System
This paper presents TEBRA (TEeth BRushing Assistance), an Assistive Technology for Cognition (ATC) system that supports people with moderate cognitive disabilities in brushing their teeth independently. The research addresses a fundamental challenge:…
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Speech Interaction with Personal Assistive Robots Supporting Aging at Home for Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease
This study examines speech-based interaction between older adults with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a mobile assistive robot called ED, designed to help with activities of daily living. The research addresses a critical healthcare challenge: many nat…
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Investigating Best Practices for Remote Summative Usability Testing with People with Mild to Moderate Dementia
This study is the first to examine best practices for conducting remote summative usability testing with people who have mild to moderate dementia, independent of their caregivers. The research included 15 participants (5 pilot, 10 main study) with a…
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Inclusive Improvisation: Exploring the Line between Listening and Playing Music
This paper explores how Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs) designed for professional performance can be adapted into Accessible Digital Musical Instruments (ADMIs) with minimal hardware and software changes. The authors present the AirSticks, a gestu…