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This study follows ISISEMD through a phenomenological approach of investigating the experience of the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) for someone with dementia. The aim is to accentuate the Assistive Technology (AT) from the end user perspective. This paper supports that older adults and those with dementia should no longer be an overlooked population and how the HCI community can learn from their...
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of computer pointing devices on computer using of aging people in Chinese mainland. A total of 16 elder users whose average age was 65 without any computer experience before were selected as subjects in a tracking task. Three pointing devices including traditional mouse, touch pad and track point in notebook were evaluated. The operation performance...
This poster aims to give an overview of the concept behind a project called Vital Mind, which is investigating the user design and technical challenges to facilitate the delivery of cognitive training to older people via interactive digital television.
One major challenge to successful aging is the capability to preserve health, or from another perspective to avoid disease. Unfortunately, a large percentage of the elderly people are living with chronic diseases or disabilities. Home care technologies and other emerging technologies have the potential to play a major role in home-based health care approach. The main goal of the presented research...
A long-term experiment of robot assisted activity for elderly people has been conducted at a health service facility for the aged since August 2003. Two therapeutic seal robots, Paro, were introduced there. This paper describes an interim report of the experiment for three months.
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