Open-ended Play For People With Dementia

要旨

The progression of dementia leads to a loss of initiative and agency, halting daily activities, hobbies, or social encounters. Open-ended play can encourage initiative but remains underexplored in demen- tia. This paper explores how technology-driven design can support open-ended play, making social interactions more enjoyable and re- newing interest in daily activities. We conducted five workshops at dementia daycare facilities, observing people with dementia engage with playful circuit-building toolkits to identify strategies. Find- ings reveal these toolkits stimulated self-direction and initiative to accomplish self-imposed goals, both independently and collabora- tively. We show how open-ended play fosters confidence, resilience, social engagement, and self-expression, allowing people with de- mentia to exercise choice and share moments of achievement. We provide design implications for technology to stimulate initiative through open-ended play by 1) balancing structure and freedom, 2) emphasizing novelty and material diversity for non-verbal social connection, and 3) considering age-appropriate aesthetics.

受賞
Honorable Mention
著者
Alicia Valencia
TU/e, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Maarten Houben
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Rens Brankaert
University of Technology Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Berry Eggen
Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Wijnand IJsselsteijn
Technical university of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
DOI

10.1145/3706598.3713930

論文URL

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3706598.3713930

動画

会議: CHI 2025

The ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (https://chi2025.acm.org/)

セッション: Living with Dementia or Visual Impairments

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