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IHI
2010
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12 years 11 months ago
Designing a personal health application for older adults to manage medications
Older adults with multiple chronic conditions are prone to care transitions, such as seeing a new doctor or being discharged after a prolonged hospital stay. These transitions are...
Danish Ullah Khan, Katie A. Siek, Jane Meyers, Lea...
HCI
2009
13 years 2 months ago
A Usability Inspection of Medication Management in Three Personal Health Applications
We present the findings of a cognitive walkthrough inspection on three Personal Health Applications (PHAs). Two of the PHAs, Google Health and Microsoft HealthVault, are general pu...
Katie A. Siek, Danish Ullah Khan, Stephen E. Ross
ICDM
2010
IEEE
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13 years 2 months ago
Automated Prompting in a Smart Home Environment
With more older adults and people with cognitive disorders preferring to stay independently at home, prompting systems that assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) are in
Barnan Das, Chao Chen, Nairanjana Dasgupta, Diane ...
IJMMS
2010
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13 years 2 months ago
Persuasive robotic assistant for health self-management of older adults: Design and evaluation of social behaviors
Daily health self-management, such as the harmonization of food, exercise and medication, is a major problem for a large group of older adults with obesity or diabetics. Computer-...
Rosemarijn Looije, Mark A. Neerincx, Fokie Cnossen
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Investigating narrative in mobile games for seniors
Narratives are an intimate part of our lives. Based on behavioral research suggesting that older adults tend to process text better at discourse level, this study investigates the...
Sharon Lynn Chu Yew Yee, Henry Been-Lirn Duh, Fran...
BEHAVIOURIT
2007
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13 years 4 months ago
Methods for human - computer interaction research with older people
: Experimental research in human–computer interaction commonly uses participant groups that are unrepresentative of demographic realities, being young, technically knowledgeable ...
Anna Dickinson, John L. Arnott, Suzanne Prior
ASSETS
2010
ACM
13 years 4 months ago
What can the 'ash cloud' tell us about older adults' technology adoption
Older adults are often encouraged to try new technology by a specific motivator or ,,trigger. Recently, a surprising ,,trigger has emerged - the ,,ash cloud which caused large sca...
Lorna Gibson, Paula Forbes, Vicki L. Hanson
ASSETS
2010
ACM
13 years 4 months ago
Introducing multimodal paper-digital interfaces for speech-language therapy
After a stroke or brain injury, it may be more difficult to understand language and communicate with others. Speechlanguage therapy may help an individual regain language and cope...
Anne Marie Piper, Nadir Weibel, James D. Hollan
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 5 months ago
"A little silly and empty-headed": older adults' understandings of social networking sites
This study suggests reasons for the absence of a growing proportion of the population, the so-called baby boomers, from the otherwise highly popular social networking sites. We ex...
Vilma Lehtinen, Jaana Näsänen, Risto Sar...
INTERACT
2003
13 years 5 months ago
Looking for Help? Supporting Older Adults' Use of Computer Systems
: Research with older adults indicates that despite considerable demand for help and support, the existing facilities built into computers are rarely used. Using evidence from our ...
Audrey Syme, Anna Dickinson, Rosine Eisma, Peter G...