Abstract
Because dementia currently has no cure, there is a need for care interventions which support quality of life and living well with dementia. In this paper, we report a design-oriented exploration of the potential benefit of recorded sounds for stimulating memory and conversation between people with dementia and their family member carers in a home setting. The findings demonstrate the role recorded sound offers as a medium for reminiscing in dementia, and suggest solutions for the collection and structuring of sounds in this activity. The study also offers useful insights into designing with and for dementia, and the value of aiming for collaborative reminiscence with equal focus on the carer as well as the person with dementia in a home setting. We begin by outlining the background to the study and reviewing related work before reporting the methods, findings, and four new product concepts.