INTENV
2010
13 years 7 months ago
2010
Today's Web 2.0 is a place, where people express themselves, interact share their lives, socialize. Thousands of elderly people join various social networking sites or use the...
HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2010
ACM
Robots for elderly have drawn a great deal of attention as it is a controversial topic being pushed forward by the fact that there will be a dramatic increase of elderly in most we...
CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 25 days ago
2010
ACM
Caring for the elderly is becoming a key challenge for society, given the shortage of trained personnel and the increased age of the population. Innovative approaches are needed t...
TELECARE
2004
14 years 2 months ago
2004
: One of the biggest challenges facing European society in the years ahead is the fact that our population is aging at an alarming rate. If by the year 2020, current forecasts prov...
HCI
2007
14 years 2 months ago
2007
Improving the quality of life of elderly people is an emerging issue within our information society for both research and development. This paper addresses some issues on the devel...
ECSCW
2007
14 years 2 months ago
2007
The rapidly expanding elderly population in Japan and other industrialized countries has posed an enormous challenge to the systems of healthcare that serve elderly citizens. This ...
BCSHCI
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
In this paper we describe a user-centered approach to designing and evaluating a socially interactive mobile game for the elderly. The objective of the game is to encourage the el...
AMI
2008
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Springer
Despite the wealth of information and communication technology in society today, there appears to be a lack of acceptable information services for the growing elderly population in...
MHCI
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2009
Springer
This paper outlines the design requirements of a GPS car navigation system for the elderly and the young by proposing a set of new guidelines for designing such systems. Our study...
PETRA
2009
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
2009
ACM
Due to the increasing elderly population, healthcare systems able to promote independent living are regarded as an emerging market. Despite the significant advances aiming to supp...