Journal of Enabling Technologies: Volume 13 Issue 1

Editorial

Nigel Newbutt

Using embodied experiences to re-design enabling technologies

Suhas Govind Joshi

This study introduces a phenomenological approach to the design of enabling technologies for older adults focusing on capabilities rather than disabilities. The purpose of this…

Tablet-based intervention to foster music-related hand responses and positive engagement in people with advanced Alzheimer’s disease

Giulio Lancioni, Nirbhay Singh, Mark O’Reilly, Jeff Sigafoos, Fiora D’Amico, Dominga Laporta, Antonella Scordamaglia, Katia Pinto

Music stimulation is considered beneficial for people with advanced Alzheimer’s disease. The purpose of this paper is to assess a tablet-based program to promote music-related…

Lifeworld in co-designing with informal carers

Frida Andréasson, Jan Aidemark, Lennart Magnusson, Anna Strömberg, Elizabeth Jane Hanson

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on carers’ experiences of being involved in the development of a web-based support programme for carers of people with heart failure…

Negotiating contradictions: engaging disparate stakeholder demands in designing for active and healthy ageing

Daryoush Daniel Vaziri, David Unbehaun, Konstantin Aal, Irina Shklovski, Rainer Wieching, Dirk Schreiber, Volker Wulf

Designing technologies for active and healthy ageing (AHA) requires a subtle understanding of end users (primary stakeholders) and healthcare professionals (secondary…

The Digitalization of Healthcare: Electronic Records and the Disruption of Moral Orders

Johanna Birkland

Mobile e-Health

Gemma Wilson