How older adults experience wellness monitoring?

Salla Muuraiskangas, Jaana Kokko, Marja Harjumaa

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    Abstract

    Even though a lot of ICT is designed for the older adults, we still know little about this user group's abilities to interact independently with new technological devices and experiences the technology creates. In this paper, we explore user experience and long-term acceptance of a wellness monitoring solution in a real life setting. The solution collects data by asking questions about everyday life of the person through a touch screen PC. It also motivates users to perform their daily activities. From four to nine months field trial was conducted with nine users. The findings show that the older adults learned easily to use touch screen PC. Their sometimes doubtful attitudes towards technology might influence on the perceived usefulness and acceptance. The motivational features of the system had a positive influence on the user experience.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationConstructing Ambient Intelligence. AmI 2011
    EditorsR. Wichert, K. Van Laerhoven, J. Gelissen
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages170-174
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-642-31479-7
    ISBN (Print)978-3-642-31478-0
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    MoE publication typeA4 Article in a conference publication

    Publication series

    SeriesCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    Volume277
    ISSN1865-0929

    Keywords

    • older adult
    • wellness monitoring
    • touch screen
    • acceptance
    • user experience

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