While “Talking Pictures” is already being used successfully in paediatric and adult emergency care, a version tailored to older adults with language or cognitive impairments is still lacking.
Through workshops and interviews, the project team — Cornelia Ursprung and Simone Eicher — identifies key communication barriers and everyday scenarios in residential and nursing care homes. The findings form the basis for an adapted design of the tool that takes age-related limitations such as reduced visual acuity or cognitive changes into account.
Read more about the project: Talking Pictures for Seniors