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Publications
We were all the same age once” – Experiences of Intergenerational App Design
Authors
Doyle, J., Sassu, A. and Mc Donagh, T.
Published in
BCS HCI
Type
Conference
Year
2013
SANDPiT is a novel intergenerational project whereby 40 school students and 12 older adults worked together over 9 months to design and prototype technology applications for mobile devices. The main remit of the project was to design applications that are of benefit to younger and older generations alike, focusing on the similarities between generations rather than the differences. This paper explores some of the successes and challenges of creating an intergenerational design team, highlighting issues surrounding collaboration, communication, engagement and mutual learning.
Health and wellness self-management for older adults
Authors
Doyle, J., Walsh, L. and Sassu, A.
Published in
CHI 2013 Workshop on Personal Informatics
Type
Conference
Year
2013
This position paper describes our ongoing work in the design of health and wellness applications that support older adults in managing their wellbeing. Specifically, this involves older adults self-reporting on various aspects of their wellbeing and receiving feedback on such, to increase their awareness of their health and to support them in maintaining or returning to a healthy state of being. In designing this application, it was critical to involve older adults, to understand their attitudes towards wellness, as well as assessing the effectiveness of various types of input and feedback visualisations.
Derivation of night time behaviour metrics using ambient sensors
Authors
Kealy, A., McDaid, K., Loane, J., Walsh, L. and Doyle, J.
Published in
Pervasive Health 2013
Type
Conference
Year
2013
Sleep problems have been shown to have significant negative impact on health. As such it is important to examine night time behaviour to objectively determine when sleep disturbances arise. Due to the large night-to-night variability in sleep quality for older adults, it is important to objectively measure behaviour over a significant period to establish trends or changes in patterns of sleep. In this paper we present a means of ambiently monitoring sleep through the use of sensors installed in each of sixteen independent living apartments. We investigate the effect of time outside the home and movement within the home on sleep. These measures are validated against comparative measures from two actigraph datasets. The first consisting of five adults, two of whom are healthy subjects and the other three adults have previously fallen, gathered over a period of between two and four nights. The second consisting of three older adults recorded over seven nights in their own homes. Results relating time outside the home and movement within the home to sleep are presented for three individuals spanning a period of between 630 and 650 days.
Dissemination Report
Authors
Carragher, L and Macfarlane, A
Published in
http://www.discover4carers.eu/
Type
report
Year
2013
YourWellness- Designing an application to support positive emotional wellbeing in older adults.
Authors
Doyle, J.
Published in
Presented at BCS HCI 2012, Birmingham, UK.
Type
Presentation
Year
2012
Workshop 3- Creating Trust, Overcoming Division The Local Authority Experience of Peace Building.
Authors
Carragher L., Chris McCarney
Published in
PEACE III Conference 2012 13th November, Belfast City Hall.
Type
Presentation
Year
2012
Visualisation of movement of older adults within their homes based on PIR sensor data.
Authors
O’Brien, A., McDaid, K., Loane, J., Doyle, J., O’Mullane, B.
Published in
Pervasive Health 2012, San Diego, USA.
Type
Conference abstract
Year
2012