Denne rapporten tar for seg arbeidet som er gjort i forbindelse med tjenesteutviklingen når det gjelder avstandsoppfølging av kronisk syke. De fire prosjektene som er blitt fulgt i dette prosjektet er henholdsvis «HelsaMi+» som er blitt tilbudt innbyggere i Trondheim, Malvik, Klæbu,Melhus og Midtre ...

Økt livskvalitet med GPSTrygge spor er et offentlig innovasjonsprosjekt finansiert av Oslofjordfondet. Prosjektet harvært organisert gjennom en forstudie i 2011 og en hovedstudie i 2012. Fem kommuner harsamarbeidet om å utvikle kunnskap vedrørende bruken av GPS, for å bidra til at personer med demen...

This paper presents an attempt to understand how safe walking technology can be designed to fit the needs of people with dementia. Taking inspiration from modern dementia care philosophy, and its emphasis on the individual with dementia, we have performed in-depth investigations of three persons' ex...

This paper presents an attempt to understand how safe walking technology can be designed to fit the needs of people with dementia. Taking inspiration from modern dementia care philosophy, and its emphasis on the individual with dementia, we have performed in-depth investigations of three persons’ ex...

Ambient assistive technology (AAT) is envisioned as a powerful tool for facing the growing demands the demographic change toward an aging society puts on care. While AAT is often expected to increase the quality of life of older people, this paper holds that relevant interventions often embody value...

AAL technologies for rehabilitation constitute a major research area within AAL research. A large number of novel technologies and applications has been developed in R&D projects. Our focus in this paper is to see how these technologies support innovation in the field. We document how these tech...

We investigate a conventional GPS tracking system employed in professional dementia care in search of value biases that contradict central care values. The investigation follows the formal steps of the value-sensitive design approach. Four biases are identified. These are related to: augmentation, p...

This paper investigates the attitudes of professional stakeholders involved in dementia care to GPS tracking of dementia patients. Data were gathered via focus groups that met in the context of a field experiment in which patients’ spatial activities were tracked using GPS. Four main topics emerged:...