Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

Work is an integral and meaningful part of many peoples lives. Research has shown that the consequences of MCI anddementia (MCI/dem) before the age of sixty-five can profoundly affect a persons vocational situation. Technology playsa significant role in supporting different abilities for people with MCI/dem at communities and home; however, there islittle research to investigate the role of technology and address the technological requirements of people with MCI/demat work who are employed. We propose a new systematic human factors model to study peoples tasks, activities, andrequirements derived from in-depth interviews with six people living with MCI/dem and one caregiver. By characterizingthe barriers or problems faced by people with MCI/dem in the context of cognitive work, we organized individual barriersof the participants in terms of macrocognitive activities and cognitive support requirements.