Facilitating Daily Life Integration of Technologies for Active and Healthy Aging

Description

Daryoush Daniel Vaziri illustrates that the use of mixed methods designs may support the induction of more subtle and complete theories about older adults’ use of technologies for the support of active and healthy aging. The results show that older adults’ social contexts and environments considerably affect their perspectives, practices and attitudes with respect to health, quality of life, well-being and technology use for active and healthy aging support. Results were collected with older adults aged 60+ as well as relevant secondary stakeholders like caregivers, policy makers or health insurance companies. Front Matter ....Pages I-XXII Introduction (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 1-5 State of the art (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 7-13 Research Questions (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 15-17 Research design (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 19-25 Exploring User Experience and Technology Acceptance for a Fall Prevention System: Results from a Randomized Clinical Trial and a Living Lab (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 27-39 Analysis of Effects and Usage Indicators for a ICT-based Fall Prevention System in Community Dwelling Older Adults (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 41-69 Exploring User Behaviour to Predict Influencing Factors in Technology use for active and healthy ageing by Older Adults (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 71-87 Negotiating Contradictions: Engaging Disparate Stakeholder Demands in Designing for Active and Healthy Aging (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 89-111 Prototype Design for an Integrative Health Platform to Support Active and Healthy Ageing in Older Adults (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 113-147 Conclusions (Daryoush Daniel Vaziri)....Pages 149-160 Back Matter ....Pages 161-198