Evidence Based Dementia Personas: Human Factors Design for People Living with Dementia

Jais, Charlotte; Hignett, Sue; Estupiñan, Zuli Galindo; Hogervorst, Eef

doi:10.2478/9783110617832-018

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“…In the area of building design and thermal comfort, Jais et al [57] and McCracken et al [58] developed personas of people living with dementia to inform architects and designers. Goldstein et al [59] used inferred and invented personas to develop occupant behaviour models for thermal simulation, while Haines and Mitchell [60] drew on evidence collected from a 4-year study of energy-saving technologies for owner-occupiers to develop personas of different approaches to domestic energy retrofitting.…”

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Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines

Bennetts

Martins

Hoof

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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An important consideration for future age-friendly cities is that older people are able to live in housing appropriate for their needs. While thermal comfort in the home is vital for the health and well-being of older people, there are currently few guidelines about how to achieve this. This study is part of a research project that aims to improve the thermal environment of housing for older Australians by investigating the thermal comfort of older people living independently in South Australia and developing thermal comfort guidelines for people ageing-in-place. This paper describes the approach fundamental for developing the guidelines, using data from the study participants’ and the concept of personas to develop a number of discrete “thermal personalities”. Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA) was implemented to analyse the features of research participants, resulting in six distinct clusters. Quantitative and qualitative data from earlier stages of the project were then used to develop the thermal personalities of each cluster. The thermal personalities represent different approaches to achieving thermal comfort, taking into account a wide range of factors including personal characteristics, ideas, beliefs and knowledge, house type, and location. Basing the guidelines on thermal personalities highlights the heterogeneity of older people and the context-dependent nature of thermal comfort in the home and will make the guidelines more user-friendly and useful.

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Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines

Bennetts

Martins

Hoof

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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“…The final personas describe four stages of living with dementia as Alison, Barry, Christine and David [16]. They are available in two formats; firstly, as a dynamic wheel to indicate a good, average or bad day ( Figure 1) with green representing a good day, amber an average day and red a bad day.…”

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Human Factors for Dementia: Evidence-Based Design

Jais

Hignett

Hogervorst

2018

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

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Designing care environments for people living with dementia is a complex challenge as the key stakeholder may have difficulty communicating their capabilities, limitations and preferences. This paper describes the use of evidence-based design personas in a multidisciplinary team with architects and chartered human factors specialists. Four individual personas (Alison, Barry, Christine and David) and a couple persona (Chris and Sally) were used to bring the voices of the people living with different stages of dementia to the design process. Their changing/fluctuating symptoms were communicated in two formats (wheel and matrix) within an inclusive design process to adapt a Victorian semi-detached house. The demonstrator house presents evidencebased design, adaptation and support solutions to support people living with dementia to age well at home.

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“…8 This is especially important for patient care teams interacting with older adults with complex healthcare needs. Archetypes have been used in the design of dementia care environments, 9 temperature guidelines in homes for older adults, 10 and in digital education programs for seniors with diabetes. 11 Although archetypes are highly relevant to meeting the needs of users in real-world settings that are foundational to implementation science, little is known about applications for amplifying implementation effectiveness through use of archetypes.…”

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Developing archetypes for key roles in a pragmatic trial: implementing human-centered design to promote advance care planning in primary care

Saylor,

Scerpella,

Chapin

et al. 2024

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Background: Archetypes are representations of a group of people with shared behaviors, attitudes, and characteristics. The design and use of archetypes have potential application to increase partnership and support when embedding and scaling interventions but methodological approaches have not been developed. Objective: To describe the methodology of designing archetypes for use in a pragmatic trial of advance care planning in the primary care context, SHARING Choices ((NCT04819191). We present resulting archetypes representing three key roles (primary care champion, advance care planning facilitator, and patient) in our pragmatic trial. Methods: Our process for developing archetypes involved 4 steps: 1) Identify roles for archetype development, 2) Identify Shareholders and Data Sources for Archetype Development, 3) Generate unique archetypes and their distinguishing traits, and 4) Iteratively refine archetypes through exposure, scrutiny, and shareholder input. We also developed a process map to communicate our methodology. Results: We created 6 distinct archetypes for the primary care champion role, 5 archetypes for the advance care planning facilitator role and 6 archetypes for the patient role. For each archetype we described strengths, challenges, prevailing emotions, and successful approaches to collaboration (e.g., “what works for me”). Unique opportunities for synergy between archetypes (such as with facilitator and champion) and potential challenges between archetypes (such as for facilitator and patient) suggest ways to improve training and support of key roles. Discussion: Our process for creating archetypes for use in implementation research was iterative and informative in discussion of implementation with shareholders. We expect this methodology to be useful for anticipating and analyzing many aspects of implementation.

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Evidence Based Dementia Personas: Human Factors Design for People Living with Dementia

Cited by 7 publications

References 7 publications

Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines

Thermal Personalities of Older People in South Australia: A Personas-Based Approach to Develop Thermal Comfort Guidelines

Human Factors for Dementia: Evidence-Based Design

Developing archetypes for key roles in a pragmatic trial: implementing human-centered design to promote advance care planning in primary care

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