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Ageing and Technology

Author : Emma Domínguez-Rué
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839429579
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Ageing and Technology written by Emma Domínguez-Rué and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the »human factor« is often largely ignored. The ageing individual is rather seen as a malfunctioning machine whose deficiencies must be diagnosed or as a set of limitations to be overcome by means of technological devices. This volume aims at focusing on the perspective of human beings deriving from the development and use of technology: this change of perspective - taking the human being and not technology first - may help us to become more sensitive to the ambivalences involved in the interaction between humans and technology, as well as to adapt technologies to the people that created the need for its existence, thus contributing to improve the quality of life of senior citizens.

Ageing and Digital Technology

Author : Barbara Barbosa Neves
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811336938
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (113 download)

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Download or read book Ageing and Digital Technology written by Barbara Barbosa Neves and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together Sociologists, Computer Scientists, Applied Scientists and Engineers to explore the design, implementation and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people. It offers an innovative and comprehensive overview, not only of the rapidly developing suite of current digital technologies and platforms, but also of perennial theoretical, methodological and ethical issues. As such, it offers support for researchers and professionals who are seeking to understand and/or promote technology use among older adults. The contributions presented here offer theoretical and methodological frameworks for understanding age-based digital inequalities, participation, digital design and socio-gerontechnology. They include ethical and practical reflections on the design and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people, as well as guidelines for ethical, participatory, professional and cross-disciplinary research and practice. In addition, they feature state-of-the-art, international empirical research on communication technologies, games, assistive technology and social media. As the first truly multidisciplinary book on technology use among ageing demographics, and intended for students, researchers, applied researchers, practitioners and professionals in a variety of fields, it will provide these readers with insights, guidelines and paradigms for practice that transcend specific technologies, and lay the groundwork for future research and new directions in innovation.

Aging, Technology and Health

Author : Richard Pak
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128112735
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Aging, Technology and Health written by Richard Pak and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Science, Technology and the Ageing Society

Author : Tiago Moreira
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317602196
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Science, Technology and the Ageing Society written by Tiago Moreira and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ageing is widely recognised as one of the social and economic challenges in the contemporary, globalised world, for which scientific, technological and medical solutions are continuously sought. This book proposes that science and technology also played a crucial role in the creation and transformation of the ageing society itself. Drawing on existing work on science, technology and ageing in sociology, anthropology, history of science, geography and social gerontology, Science, Technology and the Ageing Society explores the complex, interweaving relationship between expertise, scientific and technological standards and social, normatively embedded age identities. Through a series of case studies focusing on older people, science and technology, medical research about ageing and ageing-related illnesses, and the role of expertise in the management of ageing populations, Moreira challenges the idea that aging is a problem for the individual and society. Tracing the epistemic and technological infrastructures that underpin multiple of ways of aging, this timely volume is a crucial tool for undergraduate and graduate students interested in social gerontology, health and social care, sociology of aging, science and technology studies and medical sociology.

Digital Methods and Tools to Support Healthy Ageing

Author : Pradeep Kumar Ray
Publisher : IET
ISBN 13 : 1839534621
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Digital Methods and Tools to Support Healthy Ageing written by Pradeep Kumar Ray and published by IET. This book was released on 2021-10-29 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While digital transformations are happening in all walks of society and business, there is real potential for improving the quality of life of the elderly using digital methods and tools. Digital health promises to deliver better healthcare quality cost-efficiently to more people, especially in the case of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. It will achieve this by combining the benefits of telehealth, eHealth, data-driven personalised healthcare, and evidence-based care. This book presents a discussion of evolving digital technologies, such as smart phones and assisted living, and innovative digitally based services that are helping improve the quality and cost of healthcare for the elderly.

Aging and the Digital Life Course

Author : David Prendergast
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785335014
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Aging and the Digital Life Course written by David Prendergast and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2017-06 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly. This book examines how developments in smart phones, the Internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contributions from leading commentators and researchers across the world, this book explores key themes such as caregiving, the use of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, gaming, migration, and data inheritance, to name a few.

Impact of Technology on Successful Aging

Author : K. Warner Schaie, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 082612397X
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Impact of Technology on Successful Aging written by K. Warner Schaie, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2003-09-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a detailed examination of changes in technology that impact individuals as they age with an emphasis upon cultural contexts and person-environment fit from human factors, psychological, and sociological perspectives. The editors take into consideration the role of macro-influences in shaping technological changes in industrialized societies that effect successful aging in terms of quality of life. Topics discussed include: human factors and aging; the impact of the internet; and assistive technology. As a special feature, each chapter is followed by two commentaries from experts in the same and neighboring disciplines.

The New Mobile Age

Author : Joseph C. Kvedar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692906842
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The New Mobile Age written by Joseph C. Kvedar and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aging Baby Boomers want to grow old-and maintain their health-on their own terms. Digital technologies are creating a new kind of old, enabling individuals to remain vital, engaged and independent through their later years. But it has to be the right technology, designed for an aging population, not just what technologists and app developers think people want. Social robots, artificial intelligence, vocal biomarkers and facial decoding will analyze emotion, anticipate health problems, improve quality of life and enable better relationships with healthcare providers. Data can be used to better understand the 'soft science' of wellbeing and address the neglected crisis of caregiving. It's a business model but, more so, it's a new way of life. The New Mobile Age: How Technology Will Extend the Healthspan and Optimize the Lifespan explores the critical steps needed to achieve healthy longevity at a time when digital and connected health solutions are urgently needed to accommodate the aging of our population. Health tech innovations will not just improve healthcare for older adults, but will create a better and more responsive healthcare system for everyone.

Socio-gerontechnology

Author : Alexander Peine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000317536
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Socio-gerontechnology written by Alexander Peine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-24 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social change in the twenty-first century is shaped by both demographic changes associated with ageing societies and significant technological change and development. Outlining the basic principles of a new academic field, Socio-gerontechnology, this book explores common conceptual, theoretical and methodological ideas that become visible in the critical scholarship on ageing and technology at the intersection of Age Studies and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Comprised of 15 original chapters, three commentaries and an afterword, the book explores how ageing and technology are already interconnected and constantly being intertwined in Western societies. Topics addressed cover a broad variety of socio-material domains, including care robots, the use of social media, ageing-in-place technologies, the performativity of user involvement and public consultations, dementia care and many others. Together, they provide a unique understanding of ageing and technology from a social sciences and humanities perspective and contribute to the development of new ontologies, methodologies and theories that might serve as both critique of and inspiration for policy and design. International in scope, including contributions from the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, Australia, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden, Socio-gerontechnology is an agenda-setting text that will provide an introduction for students and early career researchers as well as for more established scholars who are interested in ageing and technology.

Digital Health Technology for Better Aging

Author : Giuseppe Andreoni
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030726630
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Digital Health Technology for Better Aging written by Giuseppe Andreoni and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the multidisciplinary approach needed to tackle better aging. Aging populations are one of the 21st century’s biggest challenges. National health systems are forced to adapt in order to provide adequate and affordable care. Innovation, driven by digital technology, is a key to improving quality of life and encouraging healthy living. Well-designed technology keeps people empowered, independent, and mobile; however, despite widespread adoption of ICT in day-to-day life, digital health technologies have yet to catch on. To this end, technology needs to be effective, usable, cheap, and designed to ensure the security of the managed data. In the era of mHealth, mobile technology, and social design, this book describes, in six sections, the collaboration of polytechnic know-how and social science and health sectors in the creation of a system for encouraging people to engage in healthy behavior and achieve a better quality of life.

Technology for Adaptive Aging

Author : Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Technology for Adaptive Aging written by Steering Committee for the Workshop on Technology for Adaptive Aging and published by . This book was released on 2004-03-30 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging and currently available technologies offer great promise for helping older adults, even those without serious disabilities, to live healthy, comfortable, and productive lives. What technologies offer the most potential benefit? What challenges must be overcome, what problems must be solved, for this promise to be fulfilled? How can federal agencies like the National Institute on Aging best use their resources to support the translation from laboratory findings to useful, marketable products and services? Technology for Adaptive Aging is the product of a workshop that brought together distinguished experts in aging research and in technology to discuss applications of technology to communication, education and learning, employment, health, living environments, and transportation for older adults. It includes all of the workshop papers and the report of the committee that organized the workshop. The committee report synthesizes and evaluates the points made in the workshop papers and recommends priorities for federal support of translational research in technology for older adults.

How's Life in the Digital Age? Opportunities and Risks of the Digital Transformation for People's Well-being

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264311807
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (643 download)

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Download or read book How's Life in the Digital Age? Opportunities and Risks of the Digital Transformation for People's Well-being written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report documents how the ongoing digital transformation is affecting people’s lives across the 11 key dimensions that make up the How’s Life? Well-being Framework (Income and wealth, Jobs and earnings, Housing, Health status, Education and skills, Work-life balance, Civic engagement and ...

Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age

Author : Richard Coyne
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262518949
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age by : Richard Coyne

Download or read book Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age written by Richard Coyne and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coyne examines the entire range of contemporary philosophicalthinking—including logical positivism, analytic philosophy, pragmatism, phenomenology,critical theory, hermeneutics, and deconstruction—comparing them and showing how theydiffer in their consequences for design and development issues in electronic communications,computer representation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and multimedia.

The AgeTech Revolution

Author : Keren` Etkin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The AgeTech Revolution written by Keren` Etkin and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever thought what your life may be like as you age and what technology will be available to you at that time? In The AgeTech Revolution: A Book about the Intersection of Aging and Technology, author Keren Etkin takes us on a journey to understand the social, political, economical, and physical implications of aging and its impact on the world of technology. Etkin interviews older adults, tech start-up founders and designers, and entrepreneurs, amongst others, to discover what the landscape today looks like and what the hope is five, ten, fifteen years down the road. We learn that, in the past, older adults have been left out of the equation. Technology has been made for their use but without including them in the design process. This is gradually changing. Technology is becoming a must, not a maybe. Our eyes will be opened to what the future could might hold in the world of technology. AgeTech Revolution provides us with the data and perspective necessary to help change our communities to be more inclusive and supportive of older adults.

Technologies for Active Aging

Author : Andrew Sixsmith
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441983481
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Technologies for Active Aging written by Andrew Sixsmith and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge of population aging requires innovative approaches to meet the needs of increasing numbers of older people. Emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as pervasive computing and ambient assistive technology, have considerable potential for enhancing the quality of life of many older people by providing additional safety and security while also supporting mobility, independent living, and social participation. The proposed book will be a landmark publication in the area of technology and aging that will serve as a statement of the current state-of-the-art and as a pointer to directions for future research and emerging technologies, products, and services.

Older People, Technology and Community

Author : Margaret Bolton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780956295019
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Older People, Technology and Community written by Margaret Bolton and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Gerotechnology

Author : David C. Burdick, PhD
Publisher : Springer Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 0826197531
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Gerotechnology written by David C. Burdick, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-10-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two "megatrends" of modern culture are rapid population aging and the inexorable advances in various technologies encountered by the population at large. This comprehensive volume explores the intersections of technology with aging and serves as both a primer and reference for educators, students, researchers, and practitioners. It includes concepts from the basics of gerotechnologyóperson-environment fitóto the core activity fieldsócomputer and assistive devices and their practical applicationsóto models, or prototypes for technical development and its application to everyday life. Thought-provoking concluding chapters address ethical concerns for the future as well as offer new perspectives or context to ideas and innovations explored earlier.