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Analysis of Older Users’ Perceived Requests and Opportunities with Technologies: A Scenario-Based Assessment

Analysis of Older Users’ Perceived Requests and Opportunities with Technologies: A Scenario-Based Assessment

Mari Feli Gonzalez, David Facal, Ana Belen Navarro, Arjan Geven, Manfred Tscheligi, Elena Urdaneta, Javier Yanguas
Copyright: © 2011 |Volume: 3 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 11
ISSN: 1941-6237|EISSN: 1941-6245|EISBN13: 9781613505496|DOI: 10.4018/jaci.2011010105
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Gonzalez, Mari Feli, et al. "Analysis of Older Users’ Perceived Requests and Opportunities with Technologies: A Scenario-Based Assessment." IJACI vol.3, no.1 2011: pp.42-52. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2011010105

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Gonzalez, M. F., Facal, D., Navarro, A. B., Geven, A., Tscheligi, M., Urdaneta, E., & Yanguas, J. (2011). Analysis of Older Users’ Perceived Requests and Opportunities with Technologies: A Scenario-Based Assessment. International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI), 3(1), 42-52. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2011010105

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Gonzalez, Mari Feli, et al. "Analysis of Older Users’ Perceived Requests and Opportunities with Technologies: A Scenario-Based Assessment," International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence (IJACI) 3, no.1: 42-52. http://doi.org/10.4018/jaci.2011010105

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Abstract

The HERMES Cognitive Care and Guidance for Active Aging project proposes an integrated approach to cognitive assistance, promoting the autonomy of elderly users through pervasive technology. This work aims to describe elderly people’s opinions when they are presented scenarios developed in this project. Two focus groups were organized in Austria and Spain with a view to collecting their impressions about the way in which the technological device can cover their needs; complementarily, a second session was conducted including a quantitative questionnaire. Although some participants were reluctant to use the technology, they welcomed some functionalities of the HERMES system and they considered that using them can help them to become familiar with them. Usefulness, usability, and use of real-life information for functionalities such as cognitive games are considered to be key areas of the project. This evaluation has provided the developers of the system with meaningful information to improve it and it guarantees that the system addresses elderly people’s needs.

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