Participatory design with older adults for healthcare apps

Lilit Hakobyan; Joanna M Lumsden; Dympna O'Sullivan

Participatory design with older adults for healthcare apps

Lilit Hakobyan, Joanna M Lumsden, Dympna O'Sullivan

Computer Science Research Group

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Abstract

The global population of people aged 60 years and older is growing rapidly [1]. Ongoing advances in mobile technologies have the potential to improve independence and quality of life of older adults by supporting the delivery of personalised and ubiquitous healthcare solutions. Suggested healthcare reforms reflect the need for a future model of healthcare delivery wherein older adults take more responsibility for their own healthcare in their own homes in an attempt to moderate healthcare costs without impairing healthcare quality. For such a paradigm shift to be realised, the supporting technology must address the needs of older patients efficiently and effectively to ensure technology acceptance and use. We argue this is not possible without employing participatory approaches for the informed and effective design and development of such technologies and outline recommendations for engaging in participatory design with older adults with impairments based on practical experience.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Workshop on Re-imagining Commonly Used Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults, part of 16th international conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (MobileHCI '14)
Publisher	ACM
Publication status	Published - 23 Sept 2014
Event	Workshop on Re-imagining Commonly Used Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults, part of 16th international conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (MobileHCI '14) - Toronto, Canada Duration: 23 Sept 2014 → …

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Workshop	Workshop on Re-imagining Commonly Used Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults, part of 16th international conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (MobileHCI '14)
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto
Period	23/09/14 → …

Keywords

older adults
mobile technology
Participatory design (PD)
inclusive design

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Re-imagining commonly used mobile interfaces for older adults
Nicol, E., Dunlop, M., Komninos, A., McGee-Lennon, M., Baillie, L., Edwards, A., Eslambolchilar, P., Goodman-Deane, J., Hakobyan, L., Lumsden, J., Mulder, I., Rau, P. & Siek, K., 23 Sept 2014, MobileHCI '14 : proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Human-Computer interaction with Mobile devices and services. New York, NY (US): ACM, p. 585-588 4 p.
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Hakobyan, L, Lumsden, JM & O'Sullivan, D 2014, Participatory design with older adults for healthcare apps. in Proceedings of the Workshop on Re-imagining Commonly Used Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults, part of 16th international conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (MobileHCI '14). ACM, Workshop on Re-imagining Commonly Used Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults, part of 16th international conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (MobileHCI '14), Toronto, Canada, 23/09/14.

Participatory design with older adults for healthcare apps. / Hakobyan, Lilit; Lumsden, Joanna M; O'Sullivan, Dympna.
Proceedings of the Workshop on Re-imagining Commonly Used Mobile Interfaces for Older Adults, part of 16th international conference on Human-computer Interaction with Mobile Devices (MobileHCI '14). ACM, 2014.

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