A person living with dementia learning to navigate an iPad: a case study

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Table 1. Quantitative measures – unlocking the iPad.

	Number of turns (M/I)	Max, Words (%)	Ida, Words (%)	Max, Words/turn	Ida, Words/turn	Time
First week	29 (15/14)	103 (74.1)	36 (25.9)	6.87	2.57	73s
Second week	34 (17/17)	81 (57.9)	59 (42.1)	4.76	3.47	43s
Third week	8 (4/4)	20 (58.8)	14 (41.2)	5	3.5	11s
Fourth week	26 (13/13)	69 (60.5)	45 (39.5)	5.31	3.46	82s

Table 2. Quantitative measures – navigating to the home screen.

	Instance	Number of turns (M/I)	Max, Words (%)	Ida, Words (%)	Max, Words/turn	Ida, Words/turn	Time
First week	#1	19 (9/10)	49 (80.3)	12 (19.7)	5.44	1.2	24s
	#2	4 (2/2)	16 (88.9)	2 (11.1)	8	1	7s
	#3	4 (2/2)	13 (86.7)	2 (13.3)	6.5	1	6s
Second week	#1	14 (7/7)	34 (75.6)	11 (24.4)	4.86	1.57	18s
	#2	7 (3/4)	22 (84.6)	4 (15.4)	7.33	1	9s
Sixth week*		6 (3/3)	22 (81.5)	6 (18.5)	7.33	2	10s

*Max’s reported numbers are produced by Unni.

Table 3. Quantitative measures – navigating to a preceding screen.

	Instance	Number of turns (M/I)	Max, Words (%)	Ida, Words (%)	Max, Words/turn	Ida, Words/turn	Time
First week	#1	6 (3/3)	16 (84.2)	3 (15.8)	5.33	1	8s
	#2	2 (1/1)	4 (80)	1 (20	4	1	6s
	#3	6 (3/3)	10 (58.8)	7 (41.2)	3.33	2.33	4s
	#4	3 (2/1)	10 (71.4)	4 (28.6)	5	4	3s
	#5	7 (4/3)	33 (84.6)	6 (15.4)	8.25	2	13s
	#6	13 (7/6)	38 (67.9)	18 (32.1)	5.43	3	24s
Mean value		6.17	18.5	6.5	5.22	2.22	9.67s
Second week	#1	6 (3/3)	14 (58.3)	10 (41.7)	4.67	3.33	9s
	#2	9 (4/5)	17 (73.9)	6 (26.1)	4.25	1.2	10s
	#3	3 (1/2)	9 (81.8)	2 (18.2)	9	1	5s
	#4	4 (2/2)	7 (77.8)	2 (22.2)	3.5	1	3s
	#5	3 (2/1)	7 (87.5)	1 (12.5)	3.5	1	5s
	#6	2 (1/1)	6 (85.7)	1 (14.3)	6	1	3s
Mean value		4.5	6	3.67	5.15	1.42	5.83s
Third week	#1	5 (3/2)	17 (89.5)	2 (10.5)	5.67	1	5s
	#2	8 (4/4)	25 (86.2)	4 (13.8)	6.25	1	10s
	#3	3 (2/1)	10 (90.9)	1 (9.1)	5	1	4s
	#4	2 (1/1)	9 (90)	1 (10)	9	1	4s
	#5	3 (2/1)	7 (43.8)	9 (56.2)	3.5	9	6s
	#6	3 (2/1)	8 (88.9)	1 (11.1)	4	1	3s
	#7	6 (3/3)	12 (66.7)	6 (33.3)	4	2	6s
Mean value		4.29	12.57	3.43	5.35	2.29	5.43
Sixth week*	#1	3 (2/1)	18 (62.1)	11 (37.9)	9	11	14s

*Max’s reported numbers are produced by Unni.

Table 4. Quantitative measures – closing the application.

	Number of turns (M/I)	Max, Words (%)	Ida, Words (%)	Max, Words/turn	Ida, Words/turn	Time
Second week	5 (3/2)	11 (84.6)	2 (15.4)	3.67	1	7s
Third week	5 (3/2)	9 (75)	3 (25)	3	1.5	5s
Sixth week*	2 (1/1)	4 (36.4)	7 (63.6)	4	7	3s

*Max’s reported numbers are produced by Unni.

Excerpt 1. Unlocking the iPad, first week.

Excerpt 2. Unlocking the iPad, third week.

Excerpt 3. Navigating to the home screen, first week, instance 1.

Excerpt 4. Navigating to the home screen, sixth week.

Excerpt 5. Navigating to a preceding screen, first week, instance 1.

Excerpt 6. Navigating to a preceding screen, sixth week.

Excerpt 7. Closing the application, second week.

Excerpt 8. Closing the application, third week.

Excerpt 9. Closing the application, sixth week.

Figure 1. Sequential chain of contributions.