Research Article
DERCA Tool: A Set of Tests for Analysis of Elderly Dexterity in Information and Communications Technologies
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_18, author={Jos\^{e} Paulo Lousado and Sandra Antunes}, title={DERCA Tool: A Set of Tests for Analysis of Elderly Dexterity in Information and Communications Technologies}, proceedings={Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good. 7th EAI International Conference, GOODTECHS 2021, Virtual Event, September 15--17, 2021, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={GOODTECHS}, year={2022}, month={1}, keywords={ICT Computer systems Mobile devices Elderly training Analytical tests}, doi={10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_18} }- José Paulo Lousado
Sandra Antunes
Year: 2022
DERCA Tool: A Set of Tests for Analysis of Elderly Dexterity in Information and Communications Technologies
GOODTECHS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-91421-9_18
Abstract
The use of information technologies by the elderly remains a problem in today's society, which the pandemic problem by COVID-19 has highlighted, notably in the use of fixed and mobile media such as laptops, smartphones and tablets. The fight against info-exclusion and the promotion of digital literacy is not new. Still, we increasingly realize that the elderly population cannot handle the required skill. This electronic computer equipment has now become part of the daily life of the entire population, particularly the adult population, which has found itself confined and isolated, but which needs to keep in touch with family and friends. The present work began during the pandemic, constituting a set of tests that allow assessing how the continued use of information and communication technologies, namely through computers, mobile phones, and tablets with video conferencing support, the use of camera for photo manipulation, memory games, among other applications, increase the dexterity and cognitive ability of the elderly. The presented model establishes the methodology supported in the software development, a tool that makes it possible to test and evaluate the dexterity and the cognitive development and that is available for free use on various platforms. This tool is called DERCA Tool – that is a set of Analytical tests for Dexterity and Reasoning Capacity Analysis in Elderly.
