Title :
Participatory design for home care technology
Author :
Goodman, C.A. ; Jimison, Holly B. ; Pavel, Misha
Author_Institution :
CareWheels, Inc., Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Abstract :
We propose a Prosumer (producer + consumer) model of participatory design for applications of technology for home health. Our focus is on technology to keep elderly and disabled consumers of care independent and able to live in their own homes. Our methodology is based on a new technique for participative design whereby the consumers of health care participate in the design process.
Keywords :
design engineering; geriatrics; patient care; patient monitoring; Prosumer model; aging; design process; disabled consumers; elderly consumers; health care consumers; living in own homes; participative design; participatory design; Aging; Internet; Isolation technology; Medical diagnostic imaging; Patient monitoring; Process design; Prototypes; Remote monitoring; Testing; Usability;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 2002. 24th Annual Conference and the Annual Fall Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society EMBS/BMES Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the Second Joint
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7612-9
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2002.1053070
