Human Factors
Human factors knowledge
The human factors will be tackled from the perspective of the Self Determination Theory [citation, further explanation]. Autonomy, competence, and relatedness will be considered and discussed for multiple points of view. The objective is to identify the values of people with dementia and the tasks which relate to these values, and to find a suitable technology that can halp achieve these goals.
Values and tasks
According to [cite Perspectives of People with Dementia About Meaningful Activities: A Synthesis], the three main themes wich relate to meaningful activities are the connection to self, to others, and to the environment. The tasks which can help accomplish these needs are varied and may also target more than one need at a time.
Autonomy
Autonomy mainly relates to the conntection to self. People with dementia want to be in control of their lives and to live as normally as possible, despite their illness. To this end, they should be able to make decisions on their own, but also be provided with help when they seek it.
Competence
Just like autonomy, competence focuses on the connection to self, but the context shifts to providing reinforcing feedback. Providing people with technology which reinforces competence implies them not having to overly rely on the technology itself, so the goal of the technology should be to reinforce memory and to attempt to slow down memory deterioration as much as possible.