title: The potential role of relatives in designing person-centred assistive technologies (innovative practice).
abstract: The paper explores the important role of relatives in designing assistive technologies in collaboration with practitioners. A brief case study reports the collaborative design of a 24-hour clock to reduce the impact of visual-spatial impairment on a family member's ability to read time and prevent temporal disorientation.
authors.affiliation: North Wales Brain Injury Service, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board NHS Wales; Bangor University, UK.
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Coetzer
mesh_terms: D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D065855:Spatial Processing; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*
keywords: assistive technology; cognitive impairment; modified 24-hour clock