research-article

Age and experience: ludic engagement in a residential care setting

Authors:

Bill GaverAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Pages 161 - 170

https://doi.org/10.1145/1858171.1858200

Published: 16 August 2010 Publication History

Abstract

The "older old" (people over eighty) are a largely invisible group for those not directly involved in their lives; this project explores the ways that technology might strengthen links between different generations. This paper describes findings from a two-year study of a residential care home and develops the notion of cross-generational engagement through ludic systems which encourage curiosity and playfulness. It outlines innovative ways of engaging the older old through "digital curios" such as Bloom, the Tenori On and Google Earth. The use of these curios was supplemented with portraiture by three local artists, nine school children and the field researcher. The paper describes four technological interventions: "video window", "projected portraiture", "blank canvas", and "soundscape radio". These interventions attempt to reposition "off the shelf technologies to provide a space for cross-generational engagement The notion of inter-passivity (the obverse of interaction) is explored in relation to each intervention.

References

[1]

Age Concern. (2005). Our survey reveals Britain's older people are living in isolation (17.01.05). Retrieved 27/03/08

[2]

Berger J. (2001) Selected Essays, ed Dyer G. Bloomsbury, London

[3]

Blythe, M. and Monk, A. F. (2005) Net Neighbours: adapting HCI methods to cross the digital divide. Interacting with Computers, 17, 35--56.

Digital Library

[4]

Bourma, H., Czaja, S., Umemuro, H., Rogers, W., Schulz., & Kurniawan, S. (2004). Technology: a means for enhancing the independence and connectivity of older people. In Proceedings of CHI 2004: 1580--1581. Vienna, Austria.

Digital Library

[5]

Charmaz K. (2006) Constructing Grounded Theory. Sage, London

[6]

DEFRA (2006): Autumn Performance Report 2006. http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/apr/apr2006.pdf

[7]

Dini, E. and Goldring, S. (2008) Estimating the changing population of the 'oldest old', ONS population trends, 132, 7--16.

[8]

Edwards B. (2001) The New Drawing with the Right Side of the Brain. Harper Collins.

[9]

Gaver, W. (2002). Designing for homo ludens. Interactions Magazine. xi(5), pp. 53--56

[10]

Gaver, W. 2006. The video window: my life with a ludic system. Personal Ubiquitous Comput. 10, 2--3 (Jan. 2006), 60--65

Digital Library

[11]

Gaver, W. (2007). Cultural commentators: Non-native interpretations as resources for polyphonic assessment. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 65(4): 29 305.

Digital Library

[12]

Gaver W., Blythe M., Boucher A., Jarvis N., Bowers J., Wright P. (in press) The Prayer Companion CHI 2010 Atlanta Georgia.

[13]

Gaver, W., Sengers, P., Kerridge, T., Kaye, J., and Bowers, (2007). Enhancing ubiquitous computing with user interpretation: Field testing the Home Health Horoscope. Pre CHI'07

Digital Library

[14]

HASS (2001) Home Accident Surveillance System Working For A Safer World: 23^rd annual report of the home and leisure accident surveillance System 1999 data. London, HMSO, Department of Trade and Industry.

[15]

Help The Aged (2002a) Older People and fear of Crime: A report by the Help the Aged Policy Team. London Help The Aged

[16]

Healey T. & Ross K. (2002) Growing old invisibly: older viewers talk television Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 24, No. 1, 105--120 (2002) SAGE Publication

[17]

Huizinga J (1970) Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Human Culture. Maurice Temple Smith Ltd London

[18]

Kubey R. W Television and Aging: Past, Present and Future. The Gerontologist 1980 20(1): 16--35

[19]

LCC (2007). Going into Care Home is Greatest Fear for Older Age, says Survey (Lancashire County Council -- 12/10/07)

[20]

Lyons L. (2009) Dignifying the subject. Delineating Disease: A system for investigating Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva. PhD Theses. Sheffield Hallam University

[21]

McCarthy J., & Wright P., (2004) Putting "Felt--Life" at the Centre of HCI. Proceedings of ECCE 12, 12--15 September, York UK. pp 127--135

[22]

Mynatt, E. Rowan, J., Craighill, S., & Jacobs, A. (2001). Digital family portraits: supporting peace of mind for extended family members. In Proceedings of 2001 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (333--340). Seattle: ACM Press.

Digital Library

[23]

Peace S. M., Kellaher, L. A. & Willcocks D. M (1997) Re-evaluating Residential Care. Open University Press, Buckingham.

[24]

PMR (2007). Prince Market Research, Clarity Final Report: Attitudes of Seniors and Baby Boomers on Aging in Place. Retrieved on 27/03/08 from: http://www.clarityproducts.com/research/Clarity_Aging_in_Place_2007.pdf

[25]

Quine, S. & Morrell, S. (2007). Fear of loss of independence and nursing home admission in older Australians. Health & Social Care in the Community, 15 (3).

[26]

Reason P. & Bradbury H. eds (2008) The Sage Handbook of Action Research: Participative Inquiry and Practice. Sage Publications. London

[27]

Smith K., (2004) Art Therapy With Older People in Talking over the Years: a Handbook of Dynamic Psychotherapy with Older Adults eds Evans S. and Garner J. Brunner-Routledge, Sussex, New York.

[28]

Svensson and Sokoler (2008) Ticket-to-talk-television: designing for the circumstantial nature of everyday social interaction Proceedings of the 5th Nordic conference on Human-computer interaction: building bridges 2008, Lund, Sweden October 20--22, 2008

Digital Library

[29]

Thane P. (2005) A History of Old Age. Ed. Pat Thayne Thames and Hudson Ltd. London

[30]

Townshend P., (1962) The Last Refuge. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London

[31]

United Nations (1999) World Population Ageing 1950--2050. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division

[32]

Vonnegut K. (1969) Physicist, Purge Thyself" in the Chicago Tribune Magazine. 22 June 1969

[33]

Walker G., and King D. (2008). The Hot Topic: How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights on. Bloomsbury, London.

[34]

Wright, P. C. and McCarthy, J. (2008). Experience and empathy in HCI. Proceedings of Chi'2008, p. 637--646.

Digital Library

[35]

WRAP (2009) Meeting the UK climate change challenge: The contribution of resource efficiency. WRAP Project EVA128.

[36]

Zizek S., (1999) The Fantasy in Cyberspace. In The Zizek Reader. Eds Wright and Wright 1999

[37]

Zizek S.(2006) How to Read Lacan. Granta Books, London

Cited By

Vasconcelos EAndersen KWakkary R(2024)The table: considering sketching as collective makingProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685490(1-15)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3679318.3685490
Vasconcelos EAndersen KWakkary R(2024)Who is holding the pen? Annotating collaborative processesProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685401(1-12)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3679318.3685401
Matsangidou MSolomou TFrangoudes FPapayianni EPattichis C(2023)Offering Outworld Experiences to In-Patients With Dementia Through Virtual Reality: Mixed Methods StudyJMIR Aging10.2196/457996(e45799-e45799)Online publication date: 31-Aug-2023
https://doi.org/10.2196/45799
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Age and experience: ludic engagement in a residential care setting
1. Human-centered computing

Recommendations

Questioning User Experience: A Comparison Between Visual, Auditory and Haptic Guidance Messages Among Older Pedestrians
CHItaly '17: Proceedings of the 12th Biannual Conference on Italian SIGCHI Chapter

Designing a navigation aid adapted to older pedestrians' specificities could help in preserving their autonomy. Indeed, older people rely on walk for their daily journeys more than any other people. But cognitive and perceptive abilities may decline ...
Older Adults Using Technology for Meaningful Activities During COVID-19: An Analysis Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory
CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected people's opportunities to engage in activities that are meaningful to their lives. In response to these constraints, many people, including older adults, turned to digital technologies as ...
Internet Use and Loneliness Among Older Adults: The Moderating Role of Self-perceptions of Ageing
Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Technology and Society
Abstract
Loneliness in advanced age has become one of the societal concerns considering its detrimental effects on physical and mental health of older people. Information and communication technologies show the potential to prevent or tackle loneliness ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Other conferences

DIS '10: Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

August 2010

457 pages

ISBN:9781450301039

DOI:10.1145/1858171

Conference Chairs:
Olav W. Bertelsen
Aarhus University
,
Peter Krogh
Aarhus School of Architecture
,
Program Chairs:
Kim Halskov
Aarhus University
,
Marianne Graves Petersen
Aarhus University

Copyright © 2010 ACM.

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

Sponsors

IFIP: International Federation for Information Processing

In-Cooperation

SIGCHI: ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 16 August 2010

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Funding Sources

Landscapes of Cross General Engagement project

Conference

DIS '10

Sponsor:

IFIP

DIS '10: Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2010

August 16 - 20, 2010

Aarhus, Denmark

Acceptance Rates

Overall Acceptance Rate 1,158 of 4,684 submissions, 25%

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

41
Total Citations
View Citations
723
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)32
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)3

Reflects downloads up to 21 Nov 2024

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Vasconcelos EAndersen KWakkary R(2024)The table: considering sketching as collective makingProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685490(1-15)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3679318.3685490
Vasconcelos EAndersen KWakkary R(2024)Who is holding the pen? Annotating collaborative processesProceedings of the 13th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/3679318.3685401(1-12)Online publication date: 13-Oct-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3679318.3685401
Matsangidou MSolomou TFrangoudes FPapayianni EPattichis C(2023)Offering Outworld Experiences to In-Patients With Dementia Through Virtual Reality: Mixed Methods StudyJMIR Aging10.2196/457996(e45799-e45799)Online publication date: 31-Aug-2023
https://doi.org/10.2196/45799
Biggs HSuttles SBardzell S(2023)Redlining Maps and Terrains of Sustainability:Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems10.1145/3544548.3581491(1-18)Online publication date: 19-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3544548.3581491
Haran VNiederman F(2022)Social Context of Turnover-Mixed Methods Study of Indian IT ProfessionalsJournal of Global Information Management10.4018/JGIM.29932030:1(1-24)Online publication date: 27-Apr-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/JGIM.299320
Bassiliades NStylianou NVlachava DKonstantinidis IPeristeras V(2022)Doc2KGInternational Journal on Semantic Web & Information Systems10.4018/IJSWIS.29555218:1(1-20)Online publication date: 17-Feb-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.4018/IJSWIS.295552
Primlani NBlythe MMarshall J(2022)Digital Rituals in Performance: Transitions to Internet of Things Trust and SecurityNordic Human-Computer Interaction Conference10.1145/3546155.3546698(1-11)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3546155.3546698
Johansen Svan Berkel NFritsch J(2022)Characterising Soundscape Research in Human-Computer InteractionProceedings of the 2022 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference10.1145/3532106.3533458(1394-1417)Online publication date: 13-Jun-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3532106.3533458
Muñoz DPedell SSterling L(2022)Evaluating Engagement in Technology-Supported Social Interaction by People Living with Dementia in Residential CareACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/351449729:5(1-31)Online publication date: 20-Oct-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3514497
Wakkary ROogjes DBehzad A(2022)Two Years or More of Co-speculation: Polylogues of Philosophers, Designers, and a Tilting BowlACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction10.1145/351423529:5(1-44)Online publication date: 20-Oct-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3514235
Show More Cited By

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

View Table of Contents