Friday, 24 August 2012

basic plan


Who Cares...

- Identifying a need - small funding bid,

This line of enquiry explores the experiences of non-professionals who care for people with dementia.  Much of the literature relating to dementia that is available to carers places its emphasis on the communication difficulties faced by the individual requiring the care.  However little attention has been paid to how carers articulate their own experience.

With a background in design we are used to translating issues into actual, communicable solutions. Through interviews and/ or workshops the initial enquiry will adopt a conceptual approach to create artefacts, textual, 2D or 3D, to articulate carers' experiences and expectations. The intention is to exhibit the artefacts, ideally in contrast with the nearest commercial comparators, in order to elicit responses and drive future research.

 - Introduction

How things used to be - family / community centred

- Methodology - workshop

- Workshop outcomes / thematic analysis - carers' stories  - a day in the life
                                                                                             - films

- Conclusions             - needs identified
                                   - possible solutions

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