Designing self-care for everyday life

Nervo Verdezoto, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Francisco Nunes, Cristiano Storni, Erik Grönvall, Morten Kyng

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Abstract

Managing chronic conditions can be challenging. People in such conditions, and the people around them, have to: deal with symptoms, adapt to the resulting disability, manage emotions, and change habits to keep the condition under control. Self-care technologies have the potential to support self-care and mediate the relationship between patients (and caregivers) and the condition. However, these technologies often disregard the complexity of the settings in which they are used and fail to become integrated in everyday life. In this workshop we will discuss how to design self-care technologies that are in harmony with people's everyday life. Therefore, we invite designers, researchers and practitioners to participate in a full-day workshop in which we will reect on each other's work, and do a design exercise with patients and caregivers. Copyright is held by the owner/author(s).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the NordiCHI 2014
Subtitle of host publicationThe 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages821-824
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)1595930361, 9781450325424
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Oct 2014
Event8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2014 - Helsinki, Finland
Duration: 26 Oct 201430 Oct 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of the NordiCHI 2014: The 8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Fun, Fast, Foundational

Conference

Conference8th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, NordiCHI 2014
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityHelsinki
Period26/10/1430/10/14

Keywords

  • Chronic care
  • Personal health management
  • Self-care
  • Self-care technology
  • Self-management

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