Crafting a Journey into the past with a Tangible Timeline Game: Net Als Toen as a Tool to Enhance Reminiscence in Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease

Renske Mulder, Puck Kemper, Hannah Ottenschot, Anis Hashim, Anis Hashim

2024

Abstract

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) poses significant challenges for individuals and their caregivers due to its impact on memory, behavior, and cognitive abilities. With the projected increase in AD cases in the coming years, innovative technologies are needed to address the growing demand for elderly care and support for people with AD. Reminiscence therapy (RT) can have positive effects on the rate at which AD symptoms worsen. This paper presents an interactive game based on RT called Net Als Toen, which serves as a conversation starter. The ideation phase, lo-fi prototype development, and hi-fi prototype testing are discussed. Results from playtests show that the embedded reminiscence theory in Net Als Toen can help people with AD in talking about their memories. Additionally, results suggest that personalization options and improved user interface elements are important in making the application successful. Overall, this paper contributes to developing a social game based on RT, focusing on interpersonal reminiscence therapy, to foster interactive conversations and enhance the well-being of individuals with AD.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Mulder R., Kemper P., Ottenschot H. and Hashim A. (2024). Crafting a Journey into the past with a Tangible Timeline Game: Net Als Toen as a Tool to Enhance Reminiscence in Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease. In Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS; ISBN 978-989-758-692-7, SciTePress, pages 497-504. DOI: 10.5220/0012620400003690

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis24,
author={Renske Mulder and Puck Kemper and Hannah Ottenschot and Anis Hashim},
title={Crafting a Journey into the past with a Tangible Timeline Game: Net Als Toen as a Tool to Enhance Reminiscence in Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS},
year={2024},
pages={497-504},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012620400003690},
isbn={978-989-758-692-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS
TI - Crafting a Journey into the past with a Tangible Timeline Game: Net Als Toen as a Tool to Enhance Reminiscence in Elderly with Alzheimer's Disease
SN - 978-989-758-692-7
AU - Mulder R.
AU - Kemper P.
AU - Ottenschot H.
AU - Hashim A.
PY - 2024
SP - 497
EP - 504
DO - 10.5220/0012620400003690
PB - SciTePress