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Towards Design Recommendations for Social Engagement Platforms Supporting Volunteerism Targeting Older People in Local Communities

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Abstract

COVID-19 showed the need for community support networks to help vulnerable individuals that were forced to stay in their homes during extended periods. While the pandemic is slowly passing, there is still a need for this type of help, especially for elderly who nowadays want to live longer in their own home. Several social engagement platforms are already offering support for this type of services. However, some became rather inactive, while others are successful but not always in the context of offering help to vulnerable elderly. In this paper we present 16 design recommendations to consider when designing (or to improve) social engagement platforms focused on volunteerism for helping older people. These recommendations are based on the evaluation of 10 digital social engagement platforms that allow asking for assistance and/or volunteering to provide help.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    https://www.qualtrics.com.

  2. 2.

    https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19165283.

  3. 3.

    There is no correspondence with the platform sequence earlier in the text.

  4. 4.

    https://www.allovoisins.com.

  5. 5.

    https://commuapp.fi.

  6. 6.

    https://www.facebook.com.

  7. 7.

    http://www.helpyourneighbor.com.

  8. 8.

    https://nachbarschaft.care.

  9. 9.

    https://www.nappinaapuri.fi.

  10. 10.

    https://nextdoor.nl.

  11. 11.

    https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/05/streetlife-knocks-nextdoor/.

  12. 12.

    https://tienes-sal.es.

  13. 13.

    https://www.hoplr.com.

  14. 14.

    https://solidare-it.org.

  15. 15.

    https://robertsspaceindustries.com/roadmap/progress-tracker/teams/.

  16. 16.

    https://gdpr.eu/what-is-gdpr/.

  17. 17.

    https://www.itsme.be.

  18. 18.

    https://www.nordea.fi/en/personal/our-services/online-mobile-services/code-app.html.

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We would like to thank the representatives of Commu, Nappi Naapuri, Hoplr, ¿Tienes Sal?, and Solidare-it! for their valuable cooperation during the realisation this research project.

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Lindberg, R.S.N., Signer, B., De Troyer, O. (2023). Towards Design Recommendations for Social Engagement Platforms Supporting Volunteerism Targeting Older People in Local Communities. In: Pires, I.M., Zdravevski, E., Garcia, N.C. (eds) Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Goods. GOODTECHS 2022. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 476. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28813-5_5

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