Manuals for the Elderly: Text Characteristics That Help or Hinder Older Users

10.2190/cptc4 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floor van Horen
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Users

Touch Screens for the Elderly

2011 ◽  
pp. 116-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Luczak ◽  
Christopher M. Schlick ◽  
Nicole Jochems ◽  
Sebastian Vetter ◽  
Bernhard Kausch
Keyword(s):  
Aging Process ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Input Device ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Input Devices ◽  
Older Users ◽  
Information Input

The fast aging of many western and eastern societies and their increasing reliance on information technology create a compelling need to reconsider older users’ interactions with computers. Changes in perceptual and motor skill capabilities that often accompany the aging process bring important implications for the design of information input devices. This paper summarizes the results of a laboratory study with different information input device. Three different input devices –– mouse, touch screen and eye-gaze –– were analyzed concerning efficiency, effectiveness and mental workload with respect to the age group of the computer user. The results derived from data of 90 subjects between 20 and 75 years show that regardless of participant’s age group the best performance in terms of short execution time results from touch screen information input. This effect is even more pronounced for the elderly.

scholarly journals Manuals for the Elderly: Text Characteristics That Help or Hinder Older Users

2020 ◽  
pp. 43-53
Author(s):  
Floor van Horen ◽  
Carel Jansen ◽  
Leo Noordman ◽  
Alfons Maes
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Users

Touch Screens for the Elderly

2013 ◽  
pp. 377-396
Author(s):  
Holger Luczak ◽  
Christopher M. Schlick ◽  
Nicole Jochems ◽  
Sebastian Vetter ◽  
Bernhard Kausch
Keyword(s):  
Aging Process ◽  
Mental Workload ◽  
Eye Gaze ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Touch Screen ◽  
Input Device ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Input Devices ◽  
Older Users ◽  
Information Input

The fast aging of many western and eastern societies and their increasing reliance on information technology create a compelling need to reconsider older users’ interactions with computers. Changes in perceptual and motor skill capabilities that often accompany the aging process bring important implications for the design of information input devices. This paper summarizes the results of a laboratory study with different information input device. Three different input devices; mouse, touch screen and eye-gaze; were analyzed concerning efficiency, effectiveness and mental workload with respect to the age group of the computer user. The results derived from data of 90 subjects between 20 and 75 years show that regardless of participant’s age group the best performance in terms of short execution time results from touch screen information input. This effect is even more pronounced for the elderly.

Accessibility and communicability on Facebook: A case study with Brazilian elderly

First Monday ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolina Sacramento ◽  
Simone Bacellar Leal Ferreira ◽  
Eliane Pinheiro Capra ◽  
Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Online Social Networks ◽  
Elderly Population ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Virtual Spaces ◽  
Older Users

Given the growth of the elderly population, it is essential that online social networks consider aspects of quality of use to address the unique needs of this audience. Unfortunately, networks, such as Facebook, have been designed largely for younger users, leading to challenges for the elderly in the use of their interfaces.Some human–computer interaction (HCI) research has explored the usability and accessibility of Facebook and its functionalities, including for the elderly. However, there has not been a great deal of research exploring communicability of this social network Facebook for older users. This paper presents the results of a 2015 case study completed in Brazil, in which Facebook’s accessibility and communicability for the elderly were analyzed. As a result of this research, checkpoints are presented to support designers in the construction of virtual spaces for social interaction.

Development of a Memory Aid Design Concept for Older Users

1992 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
Mark Kirkpatrick ◽  
Randy M. Perse ◽  
Lisa A. Dutra ◽  
Michael A. Creedon ◽  
Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
Keyword(s):  
Phase I ◽  
Interface Design ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Medication Compliance ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Memory Device ◽  
Design Concept ◽  
Elderly Subjects ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Older Users

This study was conducted to develop a design concept for an electronic memory device to enhance medication compliance in older users. The effort was supported by a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA). A user-oriented approach was used to develop a design concept for a memory device for older users. One hundred seniors were interviewed to identify their physical, physiological and cognitive capabilities and limitations, as well as their preferences for memory aid functions. Specific design requirements were gathered from user testing of six currently available memory aids with 30 of the original 100 elderly subjects. The interview and user testing results were consolidated to provide the basis for tradeoff criteria for memory aid interface concepts, and for the development specifications for an optimal interface design for a memory aid designed specifically for the elderly user. A design concept was developed for a medication device that would be easy to use, would reduce the likelihood of scheduling errors, and would be non-threatening to older users who might otherwise be intimidated by an electronic device. The Phase I effort focused on enhancing medication compliance, which is a priority issue with the senior population.

scholarly journals A Kinect-Based Interactive System for Home-Assisted Active Aging

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 417
Author(s):  
Gabriel Fuertes Muñoz ◽  
Ramón Alberto Mollineda Cardenas ◽  
Filiberto Pla
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Aging ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Assistive Technologies ◽  
Interactive System ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Interface Elements ◽  
Physical Exercises ◽  
Older Users ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Physical Achievement

Virtually every country in the world is facing an unprecedented challenge: society is aging. Assistive technologies are expected to play a key role in promoting healthy lifestyles in the elderly. This paper presents a Kinect-based interactive system for home-assisted healthy aging, which guides, supervises, and corrects older users when they perform scheduled physical exercises. Interactions take place in gamified environments with augmented reality. Many graphical user interface elements and workflows have been designed considering the sensory, physical and technological shortcomings of the elderly, adapting accordingly the interaction methods, graphics, exercises, tolerance margins, physical goals, and scoring criteria. Experiments involved 57 participants aged between 65 and 80 who performed the same physical routine six times during 15 days. After each session, participants completed a usability survey. Results provided significant evidence that support (1) the effectiveness of the system in assisting older users of different age ranges, (2) the accuracy of the system in measuring progress in physical achievement of the elderly, and (3) a progressive acceptance of the system as it was used. As a main conclusion, the experiments verified that despite their poor technological skills, older people can adapt positively to the use of an interactive assistance tool for active aging if they experience clear benefits.

Cell surface changes during aging of human bladder epithelium examined by lectin probes and SEM

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 966-967
Author(s):  
J. Jacob ◽  
M.F.M. Ismail
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Pokeweed Mitogen ◽  
Asymmetric Structure ◽  
Luminal Surface ◽  
Bladder Epithelium ◽  
Aldehyde Groups ◽  
Cell Surface Changes ◽  
Phosphate Buffered Saline ◽  
Surface Changes

Ultrastructural changes have been shown to occur in the urinary bladder epithelium (urothelium) during the life span of humans. With increasing age, the luminal surface becomes more flexible and develops simple microvilli-like processes. Furthermore, the specialised asymmetric structure of the luminal plasma membrane is relatively more prominent in the young than in the elderly. The nature of the changes at the luminal surface is now explored by lectin-mediated adsorption visualised by scanning electron microscopy (SEM).Samples of young adult (21-31 y old) and elderly (58-82 y old) urothelia were fixed in buffered 2% glutaraldehyde for 10 m and washed with phosphate buffered saline (PBS) containing Ca++ and Mg++ at room temperature. They were incubated overnight at 4°C in 0.1 M ammonium chloride in PBS to block any remaining aldehyde groups. The samples were then allowed to stand in PBS at 37°C for 2 h before incubation at 37°C for 30 m with lectins. The lectins used were concanavalin A (Con A), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), phytohaemagglutinin (PHA) and pokeweed mitogen (PWM) at a concentration of 500 mg/ml in PBS at pH 7.A.

The effect of dental geriatric curricula on attitudes toward the elderly

1988 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 516-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Mann ◽  
TJ Bomberg ◽  
JM Holtzman ◽  
DB Berkey
Keyword(s):  
The Elderly
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