MinD 2019 international conference - proceedings now available online

 

MinD 2019 international conference - proceedings now available online

The MinD conference was held in September 2019 in the beautiful city of Dresden under the motto “Designing with and for People with Dementia: Wellbeing, Empowerment and Happiness”.

The MinD conference was held in September 2019 in the beautiful city of Dresden under the motto “Designing with and for People with Dementia: Wellbeing, Empowerment and Happiness”.

The MinD conference was held in September 2019 in the beautiful city of Dresden under the motto “Designing with and for People with Dementia: Wellbeing, Empowerment and Happiness”.

Keynote speaker Chris Roberts drew the audience’s full attention by offering the point of view of those affected from his own experience. His speech is available on the project website.

The MinD conference invited papers and design contributions for the first international MinD conference 2019 on Designing for People with Dementia. The conference provided a trans-disciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners, end-users and policy makers from the design and health care professions to exchange and discuss new findings, approaches and methods for using design to improve dementia care and to support people with dementia and their carers.

You can watch a video of the conference here.

The MinD project aims to help people with dementia engage in social contexts to improve psychosocial wellbeing. People who are affected by Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias often face cognitive, behavioural and psychosocial difficulties, including impairment and degeneration of memory and of perceptions of identity. In a social context, this can cause difficulties of recognizing, relating to and empathising with other people. These difficulties often pose a challenge for engaging socially, reinforcing their effects and reducing personal well-being.

It is led by Kristina Niedderer, Professor of Design at Manchester School of Art at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Find out more about the project here.

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