Older Adults and Technology
Investigating the relevance of monitoring health domains using technology among older adults : health, technology and older adults
... Respectively, older adults often deal with at least one chronic disease whereby there are several health issues that has to be taken into account in their daily living (World Health Organization, 2015; ...
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Interaction Design of New Technology for Older Adults from the Ease of Learning Perspective.
... that older adults experience greater difficulty than young adults when learning to use new technologies (Barnard et ...with technology (Kaye, Yeager, & Reed, 2008; Lee & Coughlin, ...
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Developing the healthcare technology acceptance model (H-TAM) for older adults
... on older adults instead of generalizing them with the population due to the relationship between aging and older adults’ needs, capabilities and ...limitations. Older adults have ...
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Museum Visits for Older Adults with Mobility Constraints: Sharing and Participation through Technology
... of Technology, Stockholm who invited me to work in their respective research environments and who shared their knowledge and offered a stimulating creative ...the older adults who took part in the ...
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The information aged: A qualitative study of older adults’ use of information and communications technology
... of older adults’ (non)use of ICT than exists at present? Firstly, we would not argue, as others have, that technology-using individuals tend to follow a ‘‘general life script’’ or life-course which ...
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Novel sensing technology in fall risk assessment in older adults: a systematic review
... the technology [43, 48, 49]. Overall, it has been suggested that older adults have a gen- eral interest in their health and fall risk [49], and self- control, independence and perceived need for ...
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Effect of a tailored assistive technology intervention on older adults and their family caregiver: a pragmatic study protocol
... by older adults, their family caregivers, and service providers with respect to the efficient use of assistive ...the older adult with dis- abilities and his/her family ...
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Acceptance of Mobile Technology by Older Adults: A Preliminary Study
... 16 older adults (aged 60 or older) who used activity-tracking devices and mo- bile applications to manage health ...to technology acceptance behaviors to arise from the data ...of ...
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Perceptions and use of technology to support older adults with multiple chronic conditions
... and older adults, particularly in the field of web development ...to older people’s attitudes to technology to support health and ...that older adults generally have positive ...
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Evaluating eWALL : assessing and enhancing older adults’ acceptance of a prototype smart home technology
... Most participant (n=8) thought of the system as useful in enhancing the Quality of life for different reasons. One stated that it is a useful tool for caregivers: “That's kind of handy of course. If you are already in ...
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Diagnostic technology: alternative sampling methods for collection of urine specimens in older adults
... The alternative sampling methods show to be promising techniques for detecting microorganisms in urine specimens from older people. The existing evidence is, however, not sufficient to make recom- mendations for ...
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Self management Rehabilitation Capabilities on Older Adults by Persuasive Technology
... This section is focused on the ideation phase of the creative technology design process. This section follows the divergence and convergence model of the creative technology design process. At the start, ...
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Older adults are mobile too!Identifying the barriers and facilitators to older adults’ use of mHealth for pain management
... that older adults’ functional and cognitive limitations will likely necessitate technologies and programs customized to this user ...accommodate older adults with CP, as well as general ...
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Rethinking Care for Older Adults
... in technology and rethinking housing-based services mean a significant number of long-term nursing home residents would be served in their homes or through alternative types of institutions, like green houses and ...
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Older Adults' Deployment of 'Distrust'
... shaping technology design based on participants’ feedback, provide the ideal (and possibly singular) moment for our participants to influence the design of digital ...in technology shifts their phenomenal ...
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Cancer in Older Adults
... in older adults involves ...Because older people may experience heart disease and arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) as they age, and the heart’s ability to tolerate excessive changes in pressure is ...
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Older Adults and Depression
... Antidepressant medications are administered as pills that are prescribed by a health care practitioner. Antidepressant medications act on chemical substances found in the brain, called neurotransmitters, which are ...
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Intraindividual variability and falls in older adults
... 2001). Impaired balance is also related to falls (Lord et al., 1994; Sturnieks et al., 2004) and it is likely that cognitive and motor deficits interact with regard to the risk of falling. Furthermore, the control of ...
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MS, exercise, and the potential for older adults
... Other forms of exercise While the health benefits of resistance and endurance training are increasingly well established for individuals with MS, several alternative forms of exercise may also be beneficial. Oken and ...
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Driving patterns in older adults with glaucoma
... Previous studies have differed in their assessment of whether people with glaucoma are more likely to limit their driving. The Salisbury Eye Evaluation found no sig- nificant associations between glaucoma and driving ...
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