Aging and the digital life course / edited by David Prendergast and Chiara Garattini.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prendergast, David, 1973- editor.

Garattini, Chiara, editor.

Series:

Life course, culture and aging ; v. 3.

Life course, culture and aging: global transformations ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older people.

Technology and older people.

Physical Description:

ix, 289 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2015.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction: critical reflections on ageing and technology in the twenty-first century / Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast

Connections, networks and interactions

Social media and the age-friendly community / Philip B. Stafford

Exploring new technologies through playful peer-to-peer engagement in informal learning / Josie Tetley, Caroline Holland, Verina Waights, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Holland and Stephanie Warren

Older people and constant contact media / Rachel S. Singh

Beyond determinism : understanding actual use of social robots by older people / Louis Neven and Christina Leeson

Health and wellbeing

Designing technologies for social connection with older people / Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh

Avoiding the "iceberg effect" : incorporating a behavioural change approach to technology design in chronic illness / John Dinsmore

Supporting a good life with dementia / Arlene Astell

Home telehealth: industry enthusiasm, health system resistance and community expectations / Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville

Analysing hands-on-tech care work in telecare installations : frictional encounters with gerontechnological designs / Daniel Lopez and Tomas Sanchez-Criado

Life course transitions

Caregiving in the digital era / Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman

Digital storytelling and the transnational retirement networks of older japanese adults / Mayumi Ono

Digital games in the lives of older adults / Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap

Digital ownership across lifespans / Wendy Moncur

Notes on contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782386919

1782386912

OCLC:

896862041