Seniors' Use of Digital Resources
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Item Revisiting the Technology Challenges and Proposing Enhancements in Ambient Assisted Living for the Elderly(2019-01-08) Bozan, Karoly; Berger, AndrewSeveral social and technical trends support the elderly’s desire to live independently in their preferred environment, despite their increasing medical needs, and enhance their quality of life at home. Ambient-assisted living (AAL) has the capabilities to support the elderly and to decrease their dependency on formal or informal caregivers. We provide a review of the technological challenges that were identified as inhibiting factors in the past decade and then present recent technological advances, e.g., cloud computing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things. We also fill the gap in the current literature in regard to specific AAL solutions and propose fourth-generation AAL technology design. We find that most informal caregivers are family members who are medically untrained and that the use of advanced analytical processes on AAL-generated data could significantly increase symptom identification. We also present the implications and remaining challenges along with recommendations for future research.Item Welfare Technology and User Experience: A Study of Seniors' Expectations on and First Impressions of a Robotic Shower(2019-01-08) Bäccman, Charlotte; Bergkvist, LindaThis study shows that seniors strive to become more independent and that acceptance of welfare technology needs to be understood in the specific situation. User experiences from welfare technology, such as the robotic shower, that serve in a very inti-mate situation, may not be comparable to the results from previous studies of, for example, surveillance technology. The preliminary results in this paper build on both qualitative and quantitative data, and show that seniors are in general positive to replacing the current shower situation with a more autonomous shower situation as provided by the robotic shower. An important aspect for acceptance was the func-tionality of the robotic shower. Furthermore, this study showed that the understanding of the shower situation in general can be used for improvement of the current shower situation, to prevent learned helplessness.Item Ensembles of Practice: Older Adults, Technology, and Loneliness & Social Isolation in Rural Settings(2019-01-08) Hayes, Niall; Introna, Lucas; Smith, Marcia TavaresThis paper considers whether, and if so how, ICT might play a role in addressing loneliness and social isolation for older adults in rural areas. We base our paper on a longitudinal co-creation study that has been undertaken in a rural location in the North of England. We adopt a practice perspective to examine the everyday practices of older adults as they sought out opportunities to address their desire for social connectedness and explore how technology might support them in those practices. Specifically, we argue that we need to identify the linking practices that enable participation in social connectedness through ICT. Based on this, we develop a model to guide future practice based studies and interventions.Item Introduction to the Minitrack on Seniors' Use of Digital Resources(2019-01-08) Gewald, Heiko; Vogel, Doug; Bozan, Karoly