DGO
2004
13 years 6 months ago
2004
The NSF-fundedi research described in this paper focuses on the development of automated software tools for improving Web accessibility for older adults. The Web offers great prom...
DAGSTUHL
2007
13 years 6 months ago
2007
Although many older adults wish to live independently, remaining in their own homes as long as possible, they may face obstacles such as transportation issues, social isolation, up...
DAGSTUHL
2007
13 years 6 months ago
2007
: The aging demographic being experienced by all western countries has significant impact on health care utilization as well as the ability to remain in independent living situatio...
CHI
2009
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
2009
ACM
Previous research has shown that older adults performed worse in web search tasks, and attributed poorer performance to a decline in their cognitive abilities. We conducted a stud...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2010
ACM
Tablet PCs are gaining popularity but many older adults still struggle with pointing, particularly with two error types: missing, landing and lifting outside the target bounds; an...
ASSETS
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2004
ACM
We report here on our progress on a project first described at the ASSETS 2002 conference. At that time, we had developed a prototype system in which a proxy server intermediary w...
ASSETS
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2006
ACM
The current state of software which targets older adults’ ability to use computers focuses on physical issues while largely ignoring the cognitive issues. As a larger percentage...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
This research explores the utility of a multimodal surface computer for supporting medical communication between older adults and health care providers. Research involves a field ...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
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...
CHI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2010
ACM
We present results from an experiment that studied the information search behavior of younger and older adults in a medical decision-making task. To study how different combinatio...