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Title Aging and the digital life course / edited by David Prendergast and Chiara Garattini
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Life course, culture and aging: global transformations ; 3
Life course, culture and aging ; v. 3
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction: critical reflections on ageing and technology in the twenty-first century / Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast -- Connections, networks and interactions -- Social media and the age-friendly community / Philip B. Stafford -- 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 -- Older people and constant contact media / Rachel S. Singh -- Beyond determinism : understanding actual use of social robots by older people / Louis Neven and Christina Leeson -- Health and wellbeing -- Designing technologies for social connection with older people / Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh -- Avoiding the "iceberg effect" : incorporating a behavioural change approach to technology design in chronic illness / John Dinsmore -- Supporting a good life with dementia / Arlene Astell -- Home telehealth: industry enthusiasm, health system resistance and community expectations / Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville -- Analysing hands-on-tech care work in telecare installations : frictional encounters with gerontechnological designs / Daniel Lopez and Tomas Sanchez-Criado -- Life course transitions -- Caregiving in the digital era / Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman -- Digital storytelling and the transnational retirement networks of older japanese adults / Mayumi Ono -- Digital games in the lives of older adults / Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap -- Digital ownership across lifespans / Wendy Moncur -- Notes on contributors -- Index
Summary Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly. Breaking new ground in the study of technology and aging, this book examines how developments in smart phones, the internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contributions from leading commentators and researchers across the world, this book explores key themes such as caregiving, the use of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, gaming, migration, and data inheritance, to name a few
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Older people.
Technology and older people.
elderly.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Older people
Technology and older people
Form Electronic book
Author Prendergast, David, 1973- editor
Garattini, Chiara, editor
ISBN 9781782386926
1782386920