TY - GEN
T1 - Independence and interaction
T2 - 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010
AU - Birnholtz, Jeremy
AU - Jones-Rounds, McKenzie
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - As America's baby boom population gets older, aging in place - the idea that seniors can remain independent in a comfortable home environment while being monitored and receiving care from family and caregivers living elsewhere - has received significant attention. Fostering a sense of independence while simultaneously enabling monitoring and frequent interaction can seem paradoxical, however. This raises questions of how we can design technologies that help seniors retain their independence and a sense of comfort, while still interacting with and being monitored regularly by others. We present results from an interview study of 30 seniors, caregivers and relatives in which we sought to understand how they managed their interactions, availability, privacy and independence. Results suggest that they rely on attributes of the physical environment, temporal structures such as routine conversations and activities, and technological mediation.
AB - As America's baby boom population gets older, aging in place - the idea that seniors can remain independent in a comfortable home environment while being monitored and receiving care from family and caregivers living elsewhere - has received significant attention. Fostering a sense of independence while simultaneously enabling monitoring and frequent interaction can seem paradoxical, however. This raises questions of how we can design technologies that help seniors retain their independence and a sense of comfort, while still interacting with and being monitored regularly by others. We present results from an interview study of 30 seniors, caregivers and relatives in which we sought to understand how they managed their interactions, availability, privacy and independence. Results suggest that they rely on attributes of the physical environment, temporal structures such as routine conversations and activities, and technological mediation.
KW - aging in place
KW - awareness
KW - home
KW - privacy
KW - seniors
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U2 - 10.1145/1753326.1753349
DO - 10.1145/1753326.1753349
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953990140
SN - 9781605589299
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 143
EP - 152
BT - CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 10 April 2010 through 15 April 2010
ER -