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Lois is envisioned to be a synthetic elderly companion able to tend to an elderly person’s needs, monitor overall well-being, detect decline and signs of further medical problems, and in general, ‘be there’ for an elder. Lois is a cognitive system comprised of computer displays, cameras, speakers, microphones, and various sensors placed throughout the home turning the elder’s home into a ‘smart home’ with services designed specifically for the needs of the elderly. Therefore, by definition, Lois is an intrusive technology. The question is, how much intrusion into their lives will an elderly person permit? To find out, we conducted a survey asking elderly and their caregivers about different levels of intrusiveness. The result was they want the technology, but they want it to be “invisible” and non-intrusive and they want to have ultimate control over the technology. Elders do not want their homes to turn into hospital rooms nor do they want to be nagged or overlorded by a computer. The survey results indicate the need to make design changes to Lois to minimize the profile in the elder’s home and life.
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Fulbright, R., Abushanab, N., Sullivan, E. (2022). Design Changes to a Synthetic Elderly Companion Based on an Intrusiveness Survey. In: Gao, Q., Zhou, J. (eds) Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology in Everyday Living. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13331. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05654-3_1
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