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Designing technology to support quality of life of people with dementia

Roger Orpwood, Andrew Sixsmith, Judith Torrington, J. Chadd, Grant Gibson, Garuth Chalfont

Technology and Disability · 2007 · 83 citations · 9 references

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Much assistive technology for people with dementia is primarily designed to support security and safety. This paper describes design work carried out for a project called INDEPENDENT which specifically aimed at designing technology to support quality

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