Digital video games for older adults with cognitive impairment

Arlene Astell; Norman Alm; Richard Dye; Gary Gowans; Philip Vaughan; Maggie Ellis

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_42

Digital video games for older adults with cognitive impairment

Arlene Astell^*, Norman Alm, Richard Dye, Gary Gowans, Philip Vaughan, Maggie Ellis

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

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Abstract

Digital video games offer opportunities for older adults with cognitive impairment to engage in meaningful activities. However, to achieve this benefit digital video games are needed that take account of the players' cognitive impairment. This paper reports work with older adults with cognitive impairment due to dementia to find out how they can best be prompted to initiate and play games independently, what sorts of digital video activities they like to play, and if playing digital video games is engaging. The results demonstrate that older adults with cognitive impairment can learn to play new digital video activities and can be prompted to play independently through visual and auditory cues. Their behaviour indicates features of Flow similar to that reported in other gaming studies.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	COMPUTERS HELPING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ICCHP 2014, PT I
Editors	K Miesenberger, D Fels, D Archambault, P Penaz, W Zagler
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Pages	264-271
Number of pages	8
Edition	PART 1
ISBN (Print)	9783319085951
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_42
Publication status	Published - 2014
Event	14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014 - Paris, France Duration: 9 Jul 2014 → 11 Jul 2014

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8547
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	9/07/14 → 11/07/14

Keywords

Dementia
Engagement
Enjoyment
Games

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Astell, A., Alm, N., Dye, R., Gowans, G., Vaughan, P., & Ellis, M. (2014). Digital video games for older adults with cognitive impairment. In K. Miesenberger, D. Fels, D. Archambault, P. Penaz, & W. Zagler (Eds.), COMPUTERS HELPING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ICCHP 2014, PT I (PART 1 ed., pp. 264-271). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8547). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_42

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Astell, A, Alm, N, Dye, R, Gowans, G, Vaughan, P & Ellis, M 2014, Digital video games for older adults with cognitive impairment. in K Miesenberger, D Fels, D Archambault, P Penaz & W Zagler (eds), COMPUTERS HELPING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ICCHP 2014, PT I. PART 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8547, Springer-Verlag, pp. 264-271, 14th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, 9/07/14. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08596-8_42

Digital video games for older adults with cognitive impairment. / Astell, Arlene; Alm, Norman; Dye, Richard et al.
COMPUTERS HELPING PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, ICCHP 2014, PT I. ed. / K Miesenberger; D Fels; D Archambault; P Penaz; W Zagler. PART 1. ed. Springer-Verlag, 2014. p. 264-271 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8547).

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