Harvesting Caregiving Knowledge: Design Considerations for Integrating Volunteer Input in Dementia Care

15 December 2017
December 15, 2017

Time: 14.00 pm
Location: Room Ofek, Polo scientifico e tecnologico "Fabio Ferrari", Building Povo 1, via Sommarive 5, Povo (Trento)

Speaker

  • Pin Sym Foong - NUS HCI-Lab, Singapore; Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS

Abstract

Improving volunteer performance leads to better caregiving in dementia care settings. However, caregiving knowledge systems have been focused on eliciting and sharing expert, primary caregiver knowledge, rather than volunteer- provided knowledge. Through the use of an experience prototype, we explored the content of volunteer caregiver  discuss how systems designed for eliciting and sharing volunteer caregiver knowledge can be used to promote better dementia care.

About the Speaker 

Pin Sym is a post-doctoral fellow in telehealth research. She has a M.Sc in Human Computer Interaction Design from the School of Informatics at Indiana University and a PhD from the National University of Singapore Graduate School. Her thesis is on using interactive systems to optimize volunteer performance in dementia care. Previously, she was a lecturer in Human Computer Interaction, Mobile Interaction and User Experience Design, where she has helped her teams of students win several HCI Design competitions at an international level. Her work with older adults is supported by her previous experience as an interface developer for multimedia services, and as a mentor to new media startups.

Contact Person for this Seminar: fabio.casati [at] unitn.it (Fabio Casati)