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CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
A study of the use of mobile phones by older persons
This paper reports on issues related to the use of mobile phones by older people. This study uses triangulation, a mixed method of qualitative (focus group discussions) and quanti...
Sri Hastuti Kurniawan, Murni Mahmud, Yanuar Nugroh...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Investigation of cultural dependency in mobile technology and older adults
Studies using different methods have been carried out of older adults’ use of mobile technology in Malaysia and the UK. Preliminary results suggest that there are significant di...
Sofianiza Abd Malik, Alistair D. N. Edwards
CHI
2011
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
OldGen: mobile phone personalization for older adults
Mobile devices are currently difficult to customize for the usability needs of elderly users. The elderly are instead referred to specially designed “senior phones” or softwar...
Alex Olwal, Dimitris Lachanas, Ermioni Zacharouli
PSYCHNOLOGY
2007
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13 years 4 months ago
Extended Television: A Study of How Investigations of Use Can Inform Design Processes in Nursing Homes
This paper describes the shortcomings in the support that replaces the lost distributed cognition in older people who move to nursing homes and how artifacts can improve this by f...
Peter Abdelmassih Waller
BCSHCI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Future mobile health systems: designing personal mobile applications to assist self diagnosis
In Europe we live in an increasingly ageing society and solutions that help that ageing society to self care in context are a major goal for the EU and UK governments. Given this ...
Dina Ahmad, Andreas Komninos, Lynne Baillie