A Book designed for Reminiscence Sessions with people with Dementia in use of Gamification and Tangibility

Reminiscence of People
with Dementia Mediated
by a Tangible Multimedia
Book
Amelie Ritter1
Fabian Mertl2
Dr. Alina Huldtgren2,3
Dr. Chris Geiger2
Anja Vormann1
1 Design / 2 Department of Media, University of Applied
Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany;
3 Human-Technology Interaction Group, Eindhoven
University of Technology, The Netherlands
Games for Health Europe, Utrecht // NL // October 2016

P R O J E C T
D E M E N T I A
R E M I N I S C E N C E
TECHNOLOGY
„ T O C R E AT E A B E T T E R L I F E F O R P E O P L E
W I T H D E M E N T I A I N T H E I R D A I LY L I F E “
OUR APPROACH

OUR APPOACH
Chrono-TV Interactive Book Icho-Sphere
Window of MemoriesReminiscence MapMusic-Teddy
REMINISCENCE OBJECTS

• Memory los s +
o n e other impair ment
• 3 Stages o f C las s ific ation
• Ps yc hos oc ial Inter ventions :
e.g . R eminis c enc e
DEMENTIA

B E N E F I T S
C O N T E N T
PA G E D E S I G N
DESIGN AND PROCESS

e m p o we r i n g i n t e r a c t i o n
u s e a s a s i n g l e o r g r o u p
g a m e wh i c h t r i g g e r s
m e m o r i e s f r o m t h e p a s t
b r i g h t p r i m a r y c o l o r s
t o h i g h l i g h t t h e c o n t e n t
c o n t e n t c a n b e v e r y
p e r s o n a l a n d e a s y t o
c h a n g e ( i n l a y )
THE KEY BENEFITS

A JOURNEY
THROUGH ITALY
IN THE 50TH AND
60TH

I M P L E M E N TAT I O N
M AT E R I A L
TECHNOLOGY

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e m b e d d e d i n t h e b a c k
o f t h e B o o k
A r d u i n o N a n o V 3
l i n e a r H a l l s e n s o r s t o
i d e n t i f y p a g e s
R F I D t o r e c o g n i z e i n l a y
3 p u s h b u t t o n s t o
t r i g g e r s o u n d - m o d u l e
p o we r e d v i a m i n i U S B
IMPLEMENTATION

T H E U S E R S
D ATA A N A LY S I S
R E S U LT S & C O N C L U S I O N
EVALUATION

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USER EVALUATION
 Reminiscence sessions
in care home (10-30 min)
 1 caregiver, 1 resident with
dementia
 2 researchers made
observations
 Audio-recorded
 Focus group with
caregivers (70 min)
 Audio-recorded

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 Qualitative Content Analysis
(Schreier, 2012)
 Verbatim transcription of
audio
 Combined with observations
 2 step coding, first concept-
driven, then data-driven
 Higher level themes derived
by 2 researchers
DATA ANALYSIS

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 Tangible device affords people with dementia to interact
with technology through familiar artefacts
 Reminiscence sessions need to be guided by caregiver
 People with dementia need motivation
 Caregivers need to be sensitive to the reactions of residents
 Multimedia content from the 50s triggered personal
narratives and remembering facts
 Especially emotional content like music triggered
reactions
RESULTS & CONCLUSION

CONTACT
www.nutzerwelten.de
Amelie Ritter: hej@amelieritter.de
Fabian Mertl: fabian.mertl@hs-duesseldorf.de
17Games for Health Europe, Utrecht // NL // October 2016

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