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CHI
2005
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Acceptance and usability of a relational agent interface by urban older adults
This study examines the acceptance and usability of an animated conversational agent designed to establish longterm relationships with older, mostly minority adult users living in...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Lisa Caruso, Kerri Clough-Gor...
CHI
2011
ACM
12 years 11 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
IHI
2010
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13 years 2 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...
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Hover or tap?: supporting pen-based menu navigation for older adults
Tablet PCs are gaining popularity, but many users, particularly older ones, still struggle with pen-based interaction. One type of error, drifting, occurs when users accidentally ...
Karyn Moffatt, Sandra Yuen, Joanna McGrenere
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 8 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...