Using mobile devices and apps to support reflective learning about older people with dementia

Kristine Pitts, Kevin Pudney, Konstantinos Zachos, Neil Maiden, Birgit Krogstie, Sara Jones, Malcolm Rose, Julie MacManus and Ian Turner

Behaviour and Information Technology, 2015, vol. 34, issue 6, 613-631

Abstract: There has been little research to develop computing technologies to support the care of people with dementia, in spite of the growing challenges that the condition poses for society. To design such technologies, an existing model of computer-support reflective learning was instantiated with findings from a pre-design study in one residential home. The result was a mobile device running an adapted enterprise social media app to support person-centred care. Evaluations of the device and app in two residential homes revealed that use of the app both motivated and increased different styles of care note recording, but little reflective learning was identified or reported. The results suggest the need for more comprehensive and flexible computer-based support for reflective learning about residents in their care – and new designs of this more comprehensive support are also introduced.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2015.1015165

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