Evaluating positive experiences of very severe dementia patients

J. Pee, de; H.C.M. (Jettie) Hoonhout; J. Mason; T. Weijts; T. Bergman; Y.A.W. Kort, de

Evaluating positive experiences of very severe dementia patients

J. Pee, de, H.C.M. (Jettie) Hoonhout, J. Mason, T. Weijts, T. Bergman, Y.A.W. Kort, de

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We developed a Snoezelen application to promote the wellbeing of people with severe dementia. During a Snoezelen session, patients are provided with positive and pleasurable experiences, through a combination of visual, auditory, olfactory, and haptic stimuli. Because no measure to evaluate appreciation or enjoyment by this target group themselves could be found, a new observation measure was created and compared to existing proxy measures in a visual stimulation study based on the Snoezelen philosophy. This measure contains three domain scales, Attention, Arousal, and Valence; two (Attention and Arousal) were sensitive enough to capture an effect, or at least a trend towards an effect, of stimulus condition. This finding is seen as promising for the further development of these kinds of observational measures for testing designs for and with this target group.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	CHI 2013 Workshop on Designing For- and With- Vulnerable People, April 27-May 2, 2013, Paris, France - Paris, France Duration: 27 Apr 2013 → 2 May 2013

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Workshop	CHI 2013 Workshop on Designing For- and With- Vulnerable People, April 27-May 2, 2013, Paris, France
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	27/04/13 → 2/05/13
Other	CHI 2013 in collaboration with the First ACM European Computing Research Congress

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