Do Seniors Find Digital Reminiscence Meaningful?: A User Study

Marketta Niemelä; Minna Kulju; Mari Ylikauppila; Hannamaija Määttä

Do Seniors Find Digital Reminiscence Meaningful? A User Study

Marketta Niemelä, Minna Kulju, Mari Ylikauppila, Hannamaija Määttä

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Abstract

Reminiscence as a mental and social process gains more meaningfulness when people get older. In this paper, we present a study of the needs and potential of a reminiscence digital tool to support well-being of seniors living at home. The results show that whilst reminiscence is perceived important social and family activity for the seniors, and they are quite familiar with using computers and Internet in their daily life, there still are challenges for the seniors to utilize digital tools for reminiscence. In particular, digital tools should support better the social aspects of reminiscence.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 2017
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	5th International Conference on Serviceology, ICServ 2017 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 12 Jul 2017 → 14 Jul 2017

Conference

Conference	5th International Conference on Serviceology, ICServ 2017
Abbreviated title	ICServ 2017
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	12/07/17 → 14/07/17

Keywords

reminiscence
digital tool
seniors
elderly
user study

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