Aging and the digital life course
By: edited by David Prendergast and Chiara Garattini
Edition: First Edition.
Series: Life course, culture and aging: global transformations -- 3
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9781782386919; 9781782386926
Subjects: Technology and older people; Older people
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction: critical reflections on ageing and technology in the twenty-first century / Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast; title: Connections, networks and interactions; title: Social media and the age-friendly community / Philip B. Stafford; title: Exploring new technologies through playful peer-to-peer engagement in informal learning / Josie Tetley, Caroline Holland, Verina Waights, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Holland and Stephanie Warren; title: Older people and constant contact media / Rachel S. Singh; title: Beyond determinism : understanding actual use of social robots by older people / Louis Neven and Christina Leeson; title: Health and wellbeing; title: Designing technologies for social connection with older people / Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh; title: Avoiding the "iceberg effect" : incorporating a behavioural change approach to technology design in chronic illness / John Dinsmore; title: Supporting a good life with dementia / Arlene Astell; title: Home telehealth: industry enthusiasm, health system resistance and community expectations / Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville; title: Analysing hands-on-tech care work in telecare installations : frictional encounters with gerontechnological designs / Daniel Lopez and Tomas Sanchez-Criado; title: Life course transitions; title: Caregiving in the digital era / Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman; title: Digital storytelling and the transnational retirement networks of older japanese adults / Mayumi Ono; title: Digital games in the lives of older adults / Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap; title: Digital ownership across lifespans / Wendy Moncur; title: Notes on contributors; title: Index.