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SIGCHI project: user centered design of a program alleviating loneliness (PAL)

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Elaine Hollywood,

Grainne O'Brien,

Sara LennonAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '05: CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1056808.1057105

Published: 02 April 2005 Publication History

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THIS paper illustrates the creation of an interactive entertainment system; PAL (Program Alleviating Loneliness.) The purpose of PAL is to provide artificial companionship to support the social well-being of elderly homebound persons living alone above the age of 65 years. PAL also provides a fully reliable source of emergency contact. PAL is intended for the elderly homebound persons of today with its simplistic design. In order to create PAL methodologies and techniques for designing user centred products or devices were considered. Suggestions from the elderly persons and district nurses were also taken into consideration when designing PAL. Through the application of the above methodology we created an interactive entertainment system that is emotionally engaging, entertaining, cost effective, and supports at least one non-entertainment function for the owner.

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DOI:10.1145/1056808

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Hossain MAlamri AAlmogren AHossain SParra J(2014)A Framework for a Context-Aware Elderly Entertainment Support SystemSensors10.3390/s14061053814:6(10538-10561)Online publication date: 16-Jun-2014
https://doi.org/10.3390/s140610538
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https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMEW.2013.6618365
Hossain MAhmed D(2012)Virtual CaregiverIEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine10.1109/TITB.2012.220331316:6(1024-1031)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TITB.2012.2203313
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