Aging, technology and health / edited by Richard Pak (Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States), Anne Collins McLaughlin (North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States).
Rethinking technology development for older adults: a responsible research and innovation duty -- Challenges associated with online health information seeking among older adults -- Improving older adults' comprehension and use of patient portal-based health information -- Bringing older drivers up to speed with technology: cognitive changes, training, and advances in transportation technology -- Technological supports to increase nature contact for older adults -- Design and development of an automated fall risk assessment system for older adults -- Checking-in with my friends: results from an in-situ deployment of peer-to-peer aging in place technologies -- Enhancing social engagement of older adults through technology -- Virtual cognitive training in healthy aging and mild cognitive impairment -- Social agents for aging-in-place: a focus on health education and communication -- Design of human centered augmented reality for managing chronic health conditions.
Summary:
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.