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Staying physically active is essential to wellbeing in late life. However, many older adults experience barriers to physical activity. Past research has investigated the development of playful interactive systems to support exercise routines and reduce access barriers. Yet, little research has been done on older adults' needs and preferences regarding technologies that support physical activity. We...
The aim of the present study was to specify the needs of elderly for a health-enhancing tablet-based service. An interview study was performed with voluntary elderly (N=19, female 15, male 4, aged 76.2 years (SD 8.3)). The attitudes towards improving health behaviours and technology utilisation were explored. The content illustrations were developed for the interviews, and evaluated by participants...
Malaysia is expected to reach population ageing in year 2021. There are many ways to tackle with the problems of population ageing and technology is one of them in supporting elderly in their daily life. However, elderly have problem when using technology because of their decreasing ability. In this research, we carried out 2 interviews with different groups of elderly to identify their problems of...
A wide range of smartphone applications aimed at encouraging healthy diets and active lifestyles have been developed in recent years. However, the use of these smartphone applications among the elderly population that should benefit the most from them remains low. This paper reports on the barriers to smartphone usage among the elderly. In-depth interviews were conducted with the elderly to gather...
Ageing populations are turning to technology in greater numbers than ever. New technology is being designed to help older people live independently for longer. Despite the usefulness of mobile phones especially older people, the current problems with its complex features and interface designs have intimidated some older people users from using the device. The authors wished to explore exposure to...
Medication adherence has been identified as a problem that contributes to increasing the use of health-care services. In this paper, we present the design of a wearable notification display for supporting medication adherence which was designed in the context of a project that will study the impact of using ldquohelp buttonsrdquo to provide permanent socio-medical assistance to the elderly. From a...
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