Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Accessible Websites for People with Dementia: A Preliminary Investigation into Information Architecture

  • Conference paper
Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP 2006)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNISA,volume 4061))

Included in the following conference series:

Abstract

People with dementia have not traditionally been seen as a user group for website development. This paper describes the first attempts to discover some of navigation design needs when developing an information-based website for people with dementia. A card sorting methodology is described using existing information that is provided for people with dementia about their condition. Some participants with dementia found it difficult to group concepts together. This could have a profound affect on the design of good websites.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution
Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. Allen, C., Newby, G., Kennally, M.: Forthcoming research in the Oxford region: innnovations in dementia care – the benefits of multi-media profiling for older people with dementia. PSIGE Newsletter, 83 May 2003, 13–14 (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  2. ADI - Alzheimer’s Disease International (2006), http://www.alz.co.uk

  3. Alzheimer’s Forum (2006), http://www.alzheimersforum.org

  4. Alzheimer’s Society (2006), http://www.alzheimers.org.uk

  5. Bamford, C., Bruce, E.: Defining the outcomes of community care: the perspectives of older people with dementia and their carers. Ageing and Society 20, 543–570 (2000)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Bayles, K.A.: Effects of working memory deficits on the communicative functioning of Alzheimer’s dementia patients. Journal of Communication disorders 36, 209–219 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Blackman, T., Mitchell, L., Burton, E., Jenks, M., Parsons, M., Raman, S., Williams, K.: The accessibility of public spaces for people with dementia: a new priority for the ‘open city’. Disability and Society 18(3), 357–371 (2003)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  8. Brinck, T., Gergel, D., Wood, S.C.: Designing websites what work: usability for the web. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  9. Cummings, J.L., Khachaturian, Z.S.: Definitions and diagnostic criteria. In: Gauthier, S. (ed.) Clinical diagnosis and management of Alzheimer’s disease, Ch. 1 2nd edn., Martin Dunitz, London (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  10. DASNI (2005), http://www.dasni.org

  11. Gregor, P., Newell, A.F., Zajicek, M.: Designing for dynamic diversity – interfaces for older people. In: ASSETS 2002. The 5th International ACM conference on Assistive Technologies, Edinburgh, Scotland, July 8-10, 2002, pp. 151–156 (2002)

    Google Scholar 

  12. Henderson, V.W.: The investigation of lexical semantic representation in Alzheimer’s disease. Brain and Language 54, 179–183 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. Kertesz, A., Mohs, R.C.: Cognition. In: Gauthier, S. (ed.) Clinical diagnosis and management of Alzheimer’s disease, Ch. 12, 2nd edn., Martin Dunitz, London (1999)

    Google Scholar 

  14. Kitwood, T.: The experience of dementia. Aging and Mental Health 1(1), 13–22 (1997)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. Kuniavsky, M.: The user experience. In: Observing the user experience: a practitioner’s guide to user research, Ch. 4, pp. 43–53. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco (2003)

    Chapter  Google Scholar 

  16. Kurniawan, S.H., Zaphiris, P.: Web health information architecture for older users. IT & Society 1(3), 42–63 (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  17. Lazar, J.: The World Wide Web. In: Jacko, J., Sears, A. (eds.) The Human-Computer Interaction Handbook: fundamentals, evolving technologies and emerging applications, Ch. 36, pp. 714–730. Lawerence Erblaum Associates, New Jersey (2003)

    Google Scholar 

  18. Litherland, R.: ‘Listen to us’. Working with Older People 7(4), 17–20 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  19. Martin, S.: Cluster analysis for website organization, Internetworking (December 1999)

    Google Scholar 

  20. Nebes, R.D., Halligan, E.M.: Sentence context influences the interpretation of word meaning by Alzheimer’s patients. Brain and Language 54, 233–245 (1996)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. Newell, A.F., Gregor, P.: CHI and older and disabled people. In: Proceedings of HCI 2004: Design for life, Leeds, vol. 2, pp. 205–206 (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  22. Ming-Chey, P., Jacobs, W.J.: Topographical disorientation in community-residing patients with Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 19, 250–255 (2004)

    Article  Google Scholar 

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

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for HCI Design, City University, London

    Nada Savitch & Panayiotis Zaphiris

Authors
  1. Nada Savitch
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Panayiotis Zaphiris
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institut Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler Universität, Altenbergerstraße 69, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Klaus Miesenberger

  2. Studienzentrum fuer Sehgeschaedigte, Universitaet Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

    Joachim Klaus

  3. fortec - Research Group on Rehabilitation Technology, Institute integrated study, Vienna Univ. of Technology, Favoritenstr. 11/029, A 1040, Vienna, Austria

    Wolfgang L. Zagler

  4. The Universal Math Access Lab, University of San Francisco, 281 Masonic San Francisco, 94117, CA, USA

    Arthur I. Karshmer

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Savitch, N., Zaphiris, P. (2006). Accessible Websites for People with Dementia: A Preliminary Investigation into Information Architecture. In: Miesenberger, K., Klaus, J., Zagler, W.L., Karshmer, A.I. (eds) Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4061. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_22

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/11788713_22

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-36020-9

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-36021-6

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Search

Navigation