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Developing eHealth Technology for People With Dementia: Towards a Supportive Decision Tool Facilitating Shared Decision-Making in Dementia

Authors:
Marijke Span
Carolien Smits
Leontine Groen-van de Ven
Jan Jukema
Marike Hettinga
Anita Cremers
Myrra Vernooij-Dassen
Jan Eefsting

Keywords: shared decision-making; decision tool; co-creation; dementia; eHealth

Abstract:
People with dementia are confronted with many decisions. However, they are often not involved in the process of the decision-making. Shared Decision-Making (SDM) enables involvement of persons with dementia in the decision-making process. In our study, we develop a supportive IT application aiming to facilitate the decision-making process in care networks of people with dementia. A key feature in the development of this SDM tool is the participation of all network members during the design and development process, including the person with dementia. In this paper, we give insight into the first phases of this design and development process in which we conducted extensive user studies and translated wishes and needs of network members into user requirements.

Pages: 69 to 72

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: February 24, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-252-3

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013