UID:
edoccha_9961089615202883
Format:
1 online resource (304 pages) :
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illustrations, tables
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
0-12-811273-5
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0-12-811272-7
Content:
Aging, Health and Technology takes a problem-centered approach to examine how older adults use technology for health. It examines the many ways in which technology is being used by older adults, focusing on challenges, solutions and perspectives of the older user. Using aging-health technology as a lens, the book examines issues of technology adoption, basic human factors, cognitive aging, mental health, aging and usability, privacy, trust and automation. Each chapter takes a case study approach to summarize lessons learned from unique examples that can be applied to similar projects, while also providing general information about older adults and technology. Discusses human factors design challenges specific to older adults Covers the wide range of health-related uses for technology—from fitness to leading a more engaged life Utilizes a case study approach for practical application Envisions what the future will hold for technology and older adults Employs a roster of interdisciplinary contributors
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Front Cover -- Aging, Technology and Health -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Preface -- 1 Rethinking technology development for older adults: A responsible research and innovation duty -- Starting point: Challenges for aging societies -- Motivation -- The research objectives and chapter structure -- Future Care Lab© and its applications as experimental environment -- Study I: Health assistance at home -- Materials and methods -- Research method -- Experimental procedure -- Participants of the Study I -- Research variables -- Results of Study I -- Relationships between research variables -- User differences -- Intention to use eHealth: Qualitative analysis -- Summary of the results for the Study I -- Study II: Serious exercise games in AAL -- Materials and methods -- The evaluated game prototype -- Research variables -- Participants -- Results of Study II -- Effects of the game -- Performance -- Intention to use -- Discussion and limitations -- Responsible research and innovation in technology development for older adults -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 2 Challenges associated with online health information seeking among older adults -- Older adults and ICT use -- Information search strategies -- Physical barriers -- Visual impairment -- Motor skills -- Cognitive ability -- Literacy -- Health literacy -- Numeracy -- Digital literacy -- Attitudes toward technology -- Addressing the challenges older adults face -- Designing interfaces that are friendly to older users -- The benefit of technology training -- References -- 3 Improving older adults' comprehension and use of patient portal-based health information -- Introduction -- The role of education, knowledge and health literacy in EHR portal use -- The role of numeracy skills in EHR portal use -- Affective responses, gist comprehension and decision making.
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Enhancing EHR portal message formats to support older adult's self-care -- Text-based formats -- Enhanced-formats -- Verbally enhanced formats -- Graphical representations -- Audio-enhanced formats -- Video-enhanced formats -- Computer-generated formats -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Bringing older drivers up to speed with technology: Cognitive changes, training, and advances in transportation technology -- Introduction -- Age-related changes in sensory, perceptual, and cognitive functions -- Sensory processing -- Visual impairments -- Hearing loss -- Attention -- Memory -- Executive function -- Physical and psychomotor functioning -- Countermeasures for increased crash risks among older drivers -- Driver assessment -- Driver training and cognitive intervention -- Compensatory driving strategies and educational program -- Advanced vehicle technologies -- Alternative mobility services and accessible transportation in age-friendly communities -- Shared mobility service -- Age-friendly communities -- Summary -- References -- 5 Technological supports to increase nature contact for older adults -- Introduction -- Promoting health is essential for older adults to maintain a high quality of life -- Growth of the aging population and challenges to maintaining health -- Quality of life indicators for older adults -- Technology supports for quality of life -- Natural environments are therapeutic -- Health benefits of nature -- Technological supports connecting older adults to nature are showing promise as vehicles for health promotion -- Use of simulated natural environments to promote health -- Technological supports for increasing nature contact -- References -- Further reading -- 6 Design and development of an automated fall risk assessment system for older adults -- Aging, falls, and technology -- Automated fall risk assessment system.
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Fall risk assessment -- Preliminary results -- User feedback and system refinement -- Discussion -- Future directions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 7 Checking-in with my friends: Results from an in-situ deployment of peer-to-peer aging in place technologies -- Introduction -- Related work -- Previous in-home technologies for older adults -- Low-SES urban-dwelling older adults and PeerCare -- SOLACE in-home PeerCare technologies for urban low-SES older adults -- Activity Clock -- Check-In Tree -- Community Window -- Trip Coordinator -- Privacy concerns and "DigiSwitch" -- Methods -- Participants -- SOLACE technology prototypes and DigiSwitch apparatus -- Questionnaires -- Suite Questionnaire -- Custom Privacy Index With and Without DigiSwitch -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life-BREF -- Interpersonal Support Evaluation List (ISEL)-Short Form -- UCLA-R subscale -- Zarit Burden Short Form -- Procedure -- Results -- Loneliness -- Interpersonal support -- Peer-care burden -- Quality of life -- Overall satisfaction and the usability of the peer-care suite -- Privacy perception -- Discussion -- Loneliness -- Interpersonal support -- Peer-care burden -- Quality of life -- Overall satisfaction and the usability of the peer-care suite -- Privacy perception -- Ceiling effect and floor effect -- Conclusion and future work -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8 Enhancing social engagement of older adults through technology -- Introduction -- Social engagement -- Defining social engagement -- Measuring social engagement -- The value of social engagement for health outcomes -- Social engagement and mortality -- Social engagement and physical markers of health -- Social engagement and cognitive decline -- Social engagement and mental health -- Proposed mechanisms -- Barriers to social engagement for older adults -- Physical barriers.
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Cognitive barriers -- Financial barriers -- Cultural/societal barriers -- Using technology to foster social engagement -- Changes in social engagement in American society -- The impact of current social engagement technologies -- The potential of emerging technologies -- Current dissemination of social engagement technologies -- The digital divide -- Benefits for older adults using social engagement technologies -- Understanding technology use and acceptance predictors -- Technology acceptance models -- Factors contributing to the acceptance of social engagement technologies by older adults -- The role technology can play in combating barriers to social engagement -- Recommendations for social engagement technologies -- General design guidelines -- Design guidelines specific to social engagement for older adults -- Training and instruction -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 9 Virtual cognitive training in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment -- Cognitive declines in healthy aging and MCI -- Behavioral interventions to enhance cognition -- Cognitive interventions using virtual tools -- Physical intervention using virtual tools -- Non-specific interventions using virtual tools -- Discussion -- References -- Further reading -- 10 Social agents for aging-in-place: A focus on health education and communication -- Introduction -- Goals of chapter -- Defining social agents -- Benefits of using social agents within health interventions -- Social agents for health education and decision making -- Applying social agents to health education and health decision making -- Social agents for health communication applications -- Applying social agents to health communication -- Challenges in implementation -- Security and privacy -- Acceptance and adoption of technology -- Home environment.
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Social agents for health education and communication: Future opportunities -- Connected health -- Comprehensive health decision making -- Connected communities and globalization -- Summary -- References -- Further reading -- 11 Design of human centered augmented reality for managing chronic health conditions -- The potential role of AR in managing chronic health conditions -- Definition and examples of augmented reality -- The many (inter)faces of AR -- AR information browser interfaces -- Natural interfaces and 3D interfaces -- Tangible interfaces -- Multimodal interfaces -- Social/collaborative interfaces -- Mirror interfaces -- Information visualization across interfaces -- AR affordances and age-related changes in abilities -- Cognitive factors -- Perceptual factors -- Movement factors -- Type 2 diabetes: A case study for AR, aging, and health -- Cognitive demands of managing diabetes -- Perceptual and physical demands -- Feedback and motivation -- Potential for AR to aid self-management for persons with diabetes -- Conclusion -- Principles for AR design for older users -- References -- Index -- Back Cover.
Language:
English
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