CoasterChat is a design exploration into asynchronous digital communication embedded in a daily coffee routine to support social sharing between people with early stage dementia and their family.
People with dementia living at home experience difficulties in participating in social interactions, while staying in contact with family adds quality to their lived experience. Initiating communication can be challenging for family, since there is a natural disparity between their life patterns and those of people with dementia. In this project, we designed CoasterChat, a design exploration into asynchronous digital communication embedded in a daily coffee routine to support social sharing between people with early stage dementia and their family. CoasterChat consists of a spinnable coaster (which remind the family members to share their life moments with the person with dementia) and a coaster stand (which guides the person with dementia through the process of playing and responding to the message, during his/her coffee break).
Relevant literature and references
Publication at the Computing Human Interaction conference 2021
CoasterChat: Exploring digital communication between people with early stage dementia and family members embedded in a daily routine