The use of visual landmarks in a wayfinding system for elderly with beginning dementia

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Publication date 2008
Book title Med-e-Tel 2008 proceedings CD-ROM
Event Med-e-Tel 2008: International Educational and Networking Forum for eHealth, Telemedicine and Health ICT, Luxembourg
Pages (from-to) 161-165
Publisher Luxembourg: Med-e-Tel
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Informatics Institute (IVI)
Abstract This paper presents an experiment carried out to study the design options of a GPS-based navigation aid for elderly with beginning dementia. Results suggest that landmark based instructions may yield higher performance of the system then left/right instructions.
Document type Conference contribution
Published at http://www.science.uva.nl/research/isla/pub/Veldkamp08medetel.pdf
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