The Doctoral Network HOMEDEM provides high-level training in design and dementia caregiving to a new generation of high achieving, early-stage researchers.
Research Themes
Responding to changing relationships
HOMEDEM aims to explore and improve relationship dynamics in dementia care by investigating the impact on daily life. We develop supportive tools through co-design for better communication, decision-making, and role management and evaluate their effectiveness on health, relationships, and well-being in various social contexts and care dyads.
Responding to changing needs in the living environment
HOMEDEM focuses on enhancing the living environment for community-dwelling PwD and their carers by understanding their evolving needs and aspirations. We develop supportive home interventions through co-design methods and evaluate their impact and integration potential in care ecosystems, considering economic, societal, and individual effects.
Designing for responsive and sustainable care ecosystems
HOMEDEM looks towards co-design strategies to create adaptive, personalized care ecosystems for PwD that focus on their participation in life. Objectives include analyzing existing care systems, developing respectful interventions, and evaluating funding models for scalability and sustainability across micro, meso, and macro levels.
Training
HOMEDEM provides an innovative education and training program in design and dementia care to prepare future leaders with advanced knowledge and skills. It complements doctoral training that focuses on fostering research excellence, measuring societal impact, and building sustainable networks in collaboration with European leaders across disciplines.
Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication
We focus on sharing and leveraging HOMEDEM findings, such as interventions and tools, to raise awareness and inform future policy for widespread impact and potential exploitation of outcomes. This is done through engagement with diverse audiences and experts in dementia, healthcare, and design, and through presentations, conferences, and publications.
