All Outputs (6)

How does a (Smart) Age-Friendly Ecosystem Look in a Post-Pandemic Society? (2020)
Journal Article
Marston, H. R., Shore, L., & White, P. (2020). How does a (Smart) Age-Friendly Ecosystem Look in a Post-Pandemic Society?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(21), Article 8276. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218276

COVID-19 has impacted not only the health of citizens, but also the various factors that make up our society, living environments, and ecosystems. This pandemic has shown that future living will need to be agile and flexible to adapt to the various c... Read More about How does a (Smart) Age-Friendly Ecosystem Look in a Post-Pandemic Society?.

Technology acceptance and perceptions of robotic assistive devices by older adults – implications for exoskeleton design (2020)
Journal Article
Shore, L., de Eyto, A., & O’Sullivan, L. (2022). Technology acceptance and perceptions of robotic assistive devices by older adults – implications for exoskeleton design. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 17(7), 782-790. https://doi.org/10.1080/17483107.2020.1817988

Aim This study explored and interpreted insights expressed by a cohort of older adults related to their life experience, their experiences using or assisting someone with assistive devices, and their perceptions of robots and robotic assistive devic... Read More about Technology acceptance and perceptions of robotic assistive devices by older adults – implications for exoskeleton design.

Learning from COVID-19: Design, Age-friendly Technology, Hacking and Mental Models (2020)
Journal Article
White, P., Marston, H. R., Shore, L., & Turner, R. (2023). Learning from COVID-19: Design, Age-friendly Technology, Hacking and Mental Models. Emerald Open Research, 1(2), https://doi.org/10.35241/emeraldopenres.13599.1

In March 2020 the United Nations published an open brief for the creative community to propose interventions to the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic. However, when faced with unprecedented wicked problems such as these, the rigour of design and creative p... Read More about Learning from COVID-19: Design, Age-friendly Technology, Hacking and Mental Models.

Exoscore: A Design Tool to Evaluate Factors Associated With Technology Acceptance of Soft Lower Limb Exosuits by Older Adults (2019)
Journal Article
Shore, L., Power, V., Hartigan, B., Schülein, S., Graf, E., de Eyto, A., & O’Sullivan, L. (2020). Exoscore: A Design Tool to Evaluate Factors Associated With Technology Acceptance of Soft Lower Limb Exosuits by Older Adults. Human Factors, 62(3), 391-410. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720819868122

Objective This pilot study proposed and performs initial testing with Exoscore, a design evaluation tool to assess factors related to acceptance of exoskeleton by older adults, during the technology development and testing phases. Background As... Read More about Exoscore: A Design Tool to Evaluate Factors Associated With Technology Acceptance of Soft Lower Limb Exosuits by Older Adults.

Older Adults insights for age-friendly environments, products and service systems (2018)
Journal Article
Shore, L., Kiernan, L., deEyto, A., Nic A Bhaird, D., Connolly, A., White, P., …Moane, S. (2018). Older Adults insights for age-friendly environments, products and service systems. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 23(2), 40-58

This paper expands on discussion of conference paper titled the same and at invitation of organising committee of E+PDE conference 2017 The environments we grow old in present a challenge to be adaptive to our changing needs and limitations. Environ... Read More about Older Adults insights for age-friendly environments, products and service systems.

Technology Acceptance and User-Centred Design of Assistive Exoskeletons for Older Adults: A Commentary (2018)
Journal Article
Shore, L., Power, V., de Eyto, A., & O’Sullivan, L. (2018). Technology Acceptance and User-Centred Design of Assistive Exoskeletons for Older Adults: A Commentary. Robotics, 7(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics7010003

Assistive robots are emerging as technologies that enable older adults to perform activities of daily living with autonomy. Exoskeletons are a subset of assistive robots that can support mobility. Perceptions and acceptance of these technologies requ... Read More about Technology Acceptance and User-Centred Design of Assistive Exoskeletons for Older Adults: A Commentary.