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3 3  People with dementia have reported to feel dependent on the people in their surroundings. This is expressed through the repetitive need to ask for information about relatives after memories have faded. Overreliance on relatives can lead to the person with dementia feeling like a burden. This can in turn lead to separation from relatives and loneliness.
4 4  According to the self-determination theory a person needs autonomy and connectedness (and competence) in order to "foster the most volitional and high quality forms of motivation and engagement for activities, including enhanced performance, persistence, and creativity." ([[https:~~/~~/selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/>>https://selfdeterminationtheory.org/theory/]]). This means, in order to motivate the pwd to participate in the usual activities of their 'pre-dementia' lives, and to engage with their relatives, we must promote these three factors.
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6 +Important values in this case can be derived from the Basic Human Values (schwartz), and include achievement and security.
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7 7  **Questions to answer here: **
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9 9  * " What tasks and/or values is the human trying to accomplish and how can the technology support the human in doing so? "- xwiki