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CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Supporting carers in their caring role through design
Carers are people who look after family, partners or friends who could not manage without them because of frailness, illness or disability. Our contribution is to show the potenti...
Andrea Taylor, Richard Wilson, Stefan Agamanolis
CHI
2010
ACM
14 years 6 days ago
Blowing in the wind: unanchored patient information work during cancer care
Patients do considerable information work. Technologies that help patients manage health information so they can play active roles in their health-care, such as personal health re...
Predrag V. Klasnja, Andrea Civan-Hartzler, Kenton ...
ECSCW
2007
13 years 6 months ago
Exploring cooperation through a binder: A context for IT tools in elderly care at home
Abstract. This paper examines the empirical findings of a study of the work and cooperation taking place within and between the home help service and home health care in a Swedish ...
Alexandra Petrakou
SGAI
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Supporting Temporal Information in Medical Care Planning
The problems associated with planning and managing patient treatment through complex care settings are significant. It has long been realised that support tools are invaluable in ...
Kirsty Bradbrook, Graham Winstanley
JAISE
2011
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12 years 8 months ago
Supporting peace of mind and independent living with the Aurama awareness system
An awareness system was designed to provide peace of mind and a sense of connectedness to adults who care for an elderly parent living alone. The iterative design of the Aurama awa...
Pavan Dadlani, Panos Markopoulos, Alexander Sinits...