Research Article
Developing Health Technologies for Older Adults: Methodological and Ethical Considerations
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.16-5-2016.2263740, author={Beenish Chaudhry and Mayra Duarte and Dipanwita Dasgupta and Nitesh Chawla}, title={Developing Health Technologies for Older Adults: Methodological and Ethical Considerations}, proceedings={Future of Pervasive Health Workshop}, publisher={ACM}, proceedings_a={FUTURE OF PERVASIVE HEALTH WORKSHOP}, year={2016}, month={6}, keywords={older adults tablets health pilot studies independent living facilities sustainable technologies low-income quality of life successful aging ethical methodological}, doi={10.4108/eai.16-5-2016.2263740} }- Beenish Chaudhry
Mayra Duarte
Dipanwita Dasgupta
Nitesh Chawla
Year: 2016
Developing Health Technologies for Older Adults: Methodological and Ethical Considerations
FUTURE OF PERVASIVE HEALTH WORKSHOP
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.16-5-2016.2263740
Abstract
Developing technologies for older adults is a growing area of research. We have designed and evaluated a tablet-based mobile application, seniorHealth, for low-income older adults residing in independent living facilities. Challenges, such as participants’ inexperience with technology, made it difficult to apply user-centered design (UCD) philosophy in developing seniorHealth. Participants’ difficulties in learning tablet skills raise ethical concerns around creating a technology-based solution the target population. Support groups, community connections and better understanding of older adults psychology may hold solutions to these ethical dilemmas, and should be explored further in defining a roadmap for implementing technology-based solutions for older adults.
