innovations in dementia logo - go back to home page

 

 

Innovations in dementia CIC

About Innovations in dementia

Who we are

Innovative projects

Working with us

Training

Consultancy

News

separating line

Involvement of people with dementia .... Making it happen

Nada Savitch is researching how people with dementia use websites with a view to improving website design.

Published papers

Freeman E, Clare L, Savitch N, Royan L, Litherland R, Lindsay M (2005).
Improving website accessibility for people with early-stage dementia: a preliminary investigation.
Aging and Mental Health, 2005, 9(5), 442-448.

Savitch N, Zaphiris P, Freeman E, Clare L and Litherland R (2004).
Learning from people with dementia to improve accessibility of website interfaces
British HCI Conference, Leeds, 2004
PDF of draft paper

Savitch N and Zaphiris P (2005)
An investigation into the accessibility of web-based information for people with dementia
11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Las Vegas, July 2005.
PDF of draft paper

Savitch, N., Zaphiris, P., Smith, M., Litherland, R., Aggarwal, N., & Potier, E. (2006).
Involving people with dementia in the development of a discussion forum – A community-centred approach.
Published In ‘Designing accessible technology’ edited by John Clarkson, Patrick Langdon and Peter Robinson. Published by Springer-Verlag, London, 2006. pp237-248.
PDF of draft paper

Savitch N and Zaphiris P (2006).
Accessible websites for people with dementia: a preliminary investigation into information architecture.
Published In ‘Computers Helping People with Special Needs’ - proceedings of the 10th ICCHP 2006, Linz, Austria, July 2006. Edited by Klaus Miesenberger, Joachim Klaus, Wolfgang Zagler and Arthur Karshmer, Springer, pp144-151.
PDF of draft paper

Savitch, N (2006).
Learning from people with dementia to provide supportive and accessible websites.
Presentation at 35th Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Society of Gerontology, Bangor, September 2006.

Savitch, N (2006).
How can websites be designed to make them as easy as possible for people with dementia to use?
Journal of Dementia Care, Volume 14, Issue 5, Pages 28-29 (Sept/Oct 2006)
Link to Journal of Dementia Care article index


Contact

If you would like to get involved with this research or know more, please email Nada

Email: nada@innovationsindementia.org.uk


Innovations in Dementia CIC, PO Box 616, Exeter, EX1 9JB

Registered as a community interest company No. 06046815.
Find out more about community interest companies

© Innovations in dementia CIC 2008
Privacy statement