1. Situated Activities

Environment(s)

Who is the main subject? 

• People medically diagnosed with early-stage dementia (henceforth, person with dementia; PwDs).

How does the design solution (henceforth, the system) help to solve the problems of a PwD with early-stage dementia?

• Through human interactions, the system helps the PwD. 
• The system achieves a natural flow of conversation between itself and the PwD.
• The PwD is accustomed to the presence of the system and is comfortable to ask questions and have a conversation.
• The system's primary goal is to be able to answer questions about the PwD's relatives.
• In the extension phase, additional features implemented for more types of conversation and to become more of an assistant. 

In what environment can the system be implemented?

• The system will be stationed in a room where the PwDs spend most of their day.
• The system also exists in the 'online' world, in the sense that the guardian can access and update the the system's encyclopedia.

Activities

What activities will be available for the subject by using the system?

The subject interacts with the system through natural conversation. This includes:

• Asking questions
• Answering questions
• Giving commands
• Elaborating on a previous topic
• Saving topics for a later time
• Saving a list of preferences or tasks