Differences in Perceived Impact of Person-Centered Technology on Older
Adults' Quality of Life
Late-Breaking Works: Interaction in Specific Domains
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Madjaroff, Galina
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Mentis, Helena
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Ronch, Judah
Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI'16 Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems
2016-05-07
v.2
p.2200-2208
© Copyright 2016 ACM
Summary: 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.
