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Designing interactive life story multimedia for a family affected by alzheimer's disease: a case study

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In this paper we present a design project involving primary end users who have declining cognitive abilities such as memory, communication, and problem solving. We are designing interactive multimedia with personalized life stories for individuals with Alzheimer's disease. We conducted a case study to discover and address the design challenges for this project. A particular challenge is a limited ability to communicate with the primary end users. In this paper, we present design methods that take this challenge into consideration. Our goal is to contribute insight into designing for users with cognitive disabilities, and to present methodologies that are useful for designers who have a limited ability to interact or communicate with end users.

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  1. alzheimer's disease
  2. design methods
  3. intervention
  4. life stories
  5. multimedia
  6. reminiscence
  7. user-centered design

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