Three case studies on methods of working with older people in the design of new technologies

Helen Petrie; Zaidatol Haslinda Abdullah Sani; David Mark Swallow; Andrew William Lewis

Three case studies on methods of working with older people in the design of new technologies

Helen Petrie, Zaidatol Haslinda Abdullah Sani, David Mark Swallow, Andrew William Lewis

Computer Science

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Abstract

The proportion of older adults in the population is rapidly increasing and the proportion of younger adults to care for them is decreasing. Part of the solution to support older adults in living independently is to provide them with appropriate assistive technologies. To develop technologies that are effective for older adults we need methodologies that are appropriate for working with this user group. Yet there is little systematic research on how to work with older adults and how to adapt methods already used with younger adults. This paper reports on three case studies which investigated the use focus groups, expert evaluations and user evaluations with older adults. In the case of focus groups, the size of the focus group was investigated; for expert evaluations, an existing set of heuristics for evaluating apps for older adults was investigated; for user evaluations, a low-fidelity prototype design was evaluated using think-aloud protocols

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Universal Design 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Learning from the past, designing for the future (Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD2016)
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	1-12
Number of pages	12
Volume	229
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2016

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Petrie, H., Abdullah Sani, Z. H., Swallow, D. M., & Lewis, A. W. (2016). Three case studies on methods of working with older people in the design of new technologies. In Universal Design 2016: Learning from the past, designing for the future (Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD2016) (Vol. 229, pp. 1-12). IOS Press. http://www.iospress.nl/book/universal-design-2016-learning-from-the-past-designing-for-the-future/

Petrie, Helen ; Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda ; Swallow, David Mark et al. / Three case studies on methods of working with older people in the design of new technologies. Universal Design 2016: Learning from the past, designing for the future (Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD2016). Vol. 229 Amsterdam : IOS Press, 2016. pp. 1-12

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Three case studies on methods of working with older people in the design of new technologies. / Petrie, Helen; Abdullah Sani, Zaidatol Haslinda; Swallow, David Mark et al.
Universal Design 2016: Learning from the past, designing for the future (Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Universal Design, UD2016). Vol. 229 Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2016. p. 1-12.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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