Tuesday, 03 February 2009
Facilitating communication for people with dementia using multimedia technology_ Norman Alm
I have already taken a class which was involved, with helping mentally handicapped people, using art. Especially the lecturer was doing a clinical trial for people with dementia, who in hospital at that time. I remember she said their families visited them less and less. The reason is that their families could not talk to them at all. Families were becoming exhausted to trying to converse with them.
When I saw the title of this lecture on the screen, I was sure it would be an interesting project. The CIRCA project is a great idea to help communication, for people with dementia and their families. Norman Alm’s team is creating an interactive touch screen computer programme. So, people with dementia can retrace their past memories little by little, through photos, music, movies and so on, showed on a computer monitor.
Norman Alm talked not only his project but also of the relationship between team members, how important having enjoyable company is in teamwork. If you like the members of the team, The project will be sustainable in the long term and with more enthusiasm.
I absolutely agree with this. During the 2108 group project, we enjoyed our project very much. The more we worked together, the more we liked each other. Finally, we offered our passion to our project, rather than just doing our best.
Facilitating communication for people with dementia using multimedia technology_ Norman Alm
I have already taken a class which was involved, with helping mentally handicapped people, using art. Especially the lecturer was doing a clinical trial for people with dementia, who in hospital at that time. I remember she said their families visited them less and less. The reason is that their families could not talk to them at all. Families were becoming exhausted to trying to converse with them.
When I saw the title of this lecture on the screen, I was sure it would be an interesting project. The CIRCA project is a great idea to help communication, for people with dementia and their families. Norman Alm’s team is creating an interactive touch screen computer programme. So, people with dementia can retrace their past memories little by little, through photos, music, movies and so on, showed on a computer monitor.
Norman Alm talked not only his project but also of the relationship between team members, how important having enjoyable company is in teamwork. If you like the members of the team, The project will be sustainable in the long term and with more enthusiasm.
I absolutely agree with this. During the 2108 group project, we enjoyed our project very much. The more we worked together, the more we liked each other. Finally, we offered our passion to our project, rather than just doing our best.
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