Aging, Technology and Health

An insightful guide to how older adults perceive, adopt and use technology in a health context

Richard Pak (Edited by), Anne Collins- Mclaughlin (Edited by)

9780128112724

Paperback, published 17 March 2018

318 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg

"The distinguished contributing authors in this volume are engaged in promising research programs essential to establishing technology efficacy and effectiveness for healthy aging." --Neil Charness, Florida State University, Gerontologist, 2019, Vol. 59

Approx.306 pages

1. Rethinking Technology Development for Older Adults: A Responsible Research and Innovation Duty 2. Challenges Associated with Online Health Information Seeking Among Older Adults 3. Improving Older Adults Comprehension and Use of Patient Portal-Based Health Information 4. Bringing Older Drivers up to Speed with Technology: Cognitive Changes, Training, and Advances in Transportation Technology 5. Technological Supports to Increase Nature Contact for Older Adults 6. Technological interventions for aging and motor control 7. Checking-in with My Friends: Results from an In-situ Deployment of Peer-to-Peer Aging in Place Technologies 8. Enhancing Social Engagement of Older Adults through Technology 9. Virtual Cognitive Training in Healthy Aging and Mild Cognitive Impairment 10. Social Agents for Aging-in-Place: A Focus on Health Education and Communication 11. Design of Human Centered Augmented Reality for Managing Chronic Health Conditions

Subject Areas: Psychology of ageing [JMD], Psychological methodology [JMB]