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1 online resource (xii, 339 pages) : illustrations |
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Societal impact on aging |
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Societal impact on aging.
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Technology design, usability, and aging: human factors techniques and considerations / Wendy A. Rogers, Arthur D. Fisk -- Commentary: Access, motivation, ability, design, and training: necessary conditions for older adult success with technology / Neil Charness -- Commentary: Is it all about aging? Technology and aging in social context / Melissa A. Hardy, Chardie L. Baird -- Human factors and aging: identifying and compensating for age-realted deficits in sensory and cognitive function / Frank Schieber -- Commentary: Aging effects on vision: impairment, variability, self-report, and compensatory change / Donald W. Kline -- Commentary: Using technology to lower the perceptual and cognitive hurdles of aging / James L. Fozard -- The impact of the Internet on older adults / Sara J. Czaja, Chin Chin Lee -- Commentary: Applying research: the NIHSeniorHealth.gov project / Roger W. Morrell, Stephanie R. Dailey, Gabriel K. Rousseau -- Commentary: Social aspects of gerontechnology / John C. Thomas -- Assistive technology / William C. Mann -- Commentary: Next steps in home modification and assistive technology research / Laura N. Gitlin -- Commentary: Assistive technology: potential and preconditions fo useful applications / Heidrun Mollenkopf -- Impact of everyday technology in the home environment on older adults' quality of life / Hans-Werner Wahl, Heidrun Mollenkopf -- Commentary: The nested context of technology: a response to Wahl and Mollenkopf / Rick J. Scheidt -- Commentary: Gerontechnology and the home environment / Gloria M. Gutman -- Technology and the promise of independent living for adults: a cognitive perspective / Linda L. Liu, Denise C. Park -- Commentary: Technology as environmental support for older adults' daily activities / Daniel Morrow -- Commentary: Using technology to foster engagement and improve health in elderly persons / Sarah Hall Gueldner, Susan J. Loeb |
| Summary |
This volume provides a detailed examination of changes in technology that impact individuals as they age with an emphasis upon cultural contexts and person-environment fit from human factors, psychological, and sociological perspectives. The editors take into consideration the role of macro-influences in shaping technological changes in industrialized societies that effect successful aging in terms of quality of life. Topics discussed include: human factors and aging; the impact of the internet; and assistive technology. As a special feature, each chapter is followed by two commentaries from e |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Aging -- Social aspects -- Congresses
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Older people -- Social conditions -- Congresses
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Technology and older people -- Congresses
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects -- Congresses
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Cognition in old age.
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Cognition in old age -- Congresses
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Gerontology.
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FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Aging.
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Aging -- Social aspects
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Cognition in old age
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Older people -- Social conditions
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Technological innovations -- Social aspects
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Technology and older people
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Aspect social.
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Condition sociale.
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Impact social.
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Innovation technologique.
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Personne âgée.
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Santé
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Technologie.
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Vieillissement.
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Vieillissement cognitif.
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proceedings (reports)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Actes de congrès.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Charness, Neil
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Schaie, K. Warner (Klaus Warner), 1928-
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| ISBN |
9780826123978 |
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082612397X |
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