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Many family caregivers and Alzheimer’s patients suffer from the lack of appropriate dementia management products. In this study, to explore the situation of Alzheimer’s patients and find potential solutions to improve the issue of sleep disturbances, this project attached great importance to the user research. The main barriers for managing Alzheimer’s disease were analyzed by observing and interviewing a number of Alzheimer’s patients and family caregivers. In addition, a workshop was organized with doctors and experts to explore design solutions for solving the issues. Furthermore, the market research was conducted to compare the different current products, and then predict the potential trend and solutions. Based on the results of the research and the feedback from the interviewee and the experts, a design concept of a smart lamp employing a light treatment has been proposed to offer assistance and support for Alzheimer’s patients.
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Zeng, J., Liu, B., Sun, X., Wu, J., Wang, X. (2022). LIGHT: A Smart Lamp Design for the Sleep Disorders and Sundown Syndrome of Alzheimer’s Patients. In: Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology in Everyday Living. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13331. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05654-3_10
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