Ethical Considerations in the ENABLE Project

Abstract

This article describes the ethical considerations and the framework that formed the basis for the design of the research methods, as well as the basis for choosing the devices to be tried out, in the ENABLE project. The principles of autonomy, beneficence and justice are defined and applied to an analysis of researchers’ experience. Some of the ethical difficulties arising from conducting an intervention study of this type with persons with dementia are outlined. The article needs to be read in conjunction with the other ENABLE articles published in this issue of Dementia.