After the introduction lecture we met up with the team and got to know each other. In order to get a good picture of the project (developing Matti for elderly) we had a short discussion on the subject. During the afternoon Arno Penders from Creative Therapy by REVAKI & UGent explained and showed Matti. We also had the opportunity to interact with it and ask questions to Arno Penders. The most important remarks of Arno were:
- Elderly like to compete and have fun
- It is interesting to keep a diary
- We do not have to stay with the shape of the mat
- The game is not supposed to be boring
- Games nurge the body and mind
- One of the difficulties for the elderly is to link the visual inputs from the screen to the mat
- The price of the mat is €350.
When we started thinking about the people in retirement homes, we realized that the inhabitants could be categorized in four main categories:
- Elderly who are mentally and physically (quite) okay
- Physically disabled, but mentally okay
- Menatally disabled, but physically okay
- Mentally and physically disabled
Not only the four categories where an important subject, but also whether the Matti will be used for entertainment purposes or if Matti will be used for revalidation. Right now the aim is to develop Matti to motivate people in the retirement homes to move in a playful way, so focusing on intertainment, but we will keep an open mind during the observations.
The reason that we won't focus on revalidation as much is because in Belgium revalidation happens at the hospital or in private offices and not in retirement homes. So for us, revalidation is not as interesting as Arno told us we should focus on elderly in retirement homes.
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