Voice Assistants to Deliver Cognitive Stimulation Therapy for Persons Living with Dementia.

Extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems. CHI Conference Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-04-25 DOI:10.1145/3706599.3719707

Ling Qiu, Ita Daryanti Saragih, Donna Marie Fick, S Shyam Sundar, Saeed Abdullah

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Dementia is a global public health concern, with approximately 55 million individuals worldwide currently living with it. Individual cognitive stimulation therapy (iCST) has been shown to improve quality of life for persons living with dementia (PLwDs). However, providing iCST at scale remains a serious challenge, specifically as it can add considerable burden on care partners. This project focuses on a voice assistant (VA) to support care partners in delivering iCST. We developed a VA prototype and conducted a qualitative study with care partners (N=5). Our preliminary findings show that using a VA to deliver iCST is feasible and acceptable. We have also identified design requirements for the VA to effectively provide iCST, including need for personalization reflecting dementia severity and individual interests, collaboration between care partners and PLwDs, and accessible interactions to minimize frustration and distress. These findings can inform the future design of inclusive and accessible VAs.

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语音助手为痴呆症患者提供认知刺激疗法。

痴呆症是一个全球性的公共卫生问题，目前全世界约有5500万人患有痴呆症。个体认知刺激疗法（iCST）已被证明可以改善痴呆症患者的生活质量。然而，大规模提供iCST仍然是一项严峻的挑战，特别是因为它可能给护理合作伙伴增加相当大的负担。该项目侧重于语音助手（VA），以支持护理合作伙伴提供iCST。我们开发了一个VA原型，并与护理伙伴（N=5）进行了定性研究。我们的初步研究结果表明，使用VA输送iCST是可行和可接受的。我们还确定了VA有效提供iCST的设计要求，包括个性化需求，反映痴呆症的严重程度和个人兴趣，护理伙伴和pld之间的合作，以及可访问的互动，以尽量减少挫折和痛苦。这些发现可以为未来设计具有包容性和可访问性的VAs提供信息。

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