Domesticating technology: in-home requirements gathering with frail older people?

Dickinson, Anna; Goodman, Joy; Syme, Audrey; Eisma, Rose; Tiwari, Lachmi; Mival, Oli; Newell, A

Abstract

As technology becomes increasingly important as a means of supporting older people at home, the
dangers of distress caused by the introduction of inappropriate technology become greater. This
paper discusses the argument for ‘in-home’ research with the frail elderly and describes some of
the issues that the UTOPIA project has encountered in carrying out such research

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (Published)
• Conference Name: 10th International Conference on Human - Computer Interaction
• Start Date: Jun 22, 2003
• End Date: Jun 27, 2003
• Publication Date: 2003
• Deposit Date: Jun 15, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 15, 2010
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Proceedings 10th International Conference on Human - Computer Interaction HCI. Crete, Greece, June 2003)
• Keywords: Utopia; elderly; technology; in-home research
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3789
• Contract Date: Jun 15, 2010