Know-me: A toolkit for designing personalised dementia care

Personalisation is a crucial element in providing person-centred care for people with de-mentia. This paper presents the development and evaluation of a design toolkit to facilitate the work of designers and healthcare professionals in personalising dementia care. This toolkit, named “Know-me”, was grounded in the findings of Ergonomics in...

"I stood by and watched": An autoethnography of stakeholder participation in a living lab

An emerging and innovative way of organizing projects in health technology and innovation is the so-called "living lab". Because of their characteristics, living labs may provide a solution to a very old problem: How to facilitate the meaningful participation of stakeholders in science and technology? In this article, I (we use a first-person...

A systematic review of non-pharmacological interventions for BPSD in nursing home residents with dementia: From a perspective of ergonomics

Background:<br/>Non-pharmacological interventions for Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) have been developed; however, a systematic review on the effectiveness of this type of intervention from a perspective of ergonomics is lacking. According to ergonomics, the capabilities of Persons with Dementia (PwD) should be...

Setting-related influences on physical inactivity of older adults in residential care settings: A review

Background: Despite the detrimental effects of physical inactivity for older adults, especially aged residents of residential care settings may spend much time in inactive behavior. This may be partly due to their poorer physical condition; however, there may also be other, setting-related factors that influence the amount of inactivity. The...