Conference proceeding
Differences in Perceived Impact of Person-Centered Technology on Older Adults' Quality of Life
Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, v 7-12-, pp 2200-2208
07 May 2016
Abstract
In this paper, we present findings from a survey of technology needs and perceptions of older adults that differ in their life course and current level of care needs. By using a framework from the aging sciences that focuses on supporting abilities and caring relationships of older adults, we examine six technologies, ranging from health to communication and social to creative. Our findings indicated that, although similar in age, participants' needs varied in level of interest in technology to support biological needs to those of social and spiritual needs. This highlights a culture shift that should occur within the technology for aging sphere as well -- one that addresses varying needs based on life course and other 'person- centered' characteristics as opposed to simply age-based.
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- Title
- Differences in Perceived Impact of Person-Centered Technology on Older Adults' Quality of Life
- Creators
- Galina Madjaroff - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyHelena Mentis - University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyJudah Ronch - University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, v 7-12-, pp 2200-2208
- Conference
- CHI'16: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
- Series
- ACM Conferences
- Publisher
- ACM
- Number of pages
- 9
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85014661326
- Other Identifier
- 991021916802704721