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HCI and Aging: Beyond Accessibility

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CHI EA '19: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Paper No.: W07, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3299025

Published: 02 May 2019 Publication History

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Despite improvements in the accessibility of digital technologies and growing numbers of tools designed specifically for older adults, adoption of such tools remains low for this demographic. This workshop aims to explore the contextual factors that contribute to reduced uptake among older adults in order to understand how to design digital technologies that will be appealing to and work for them, fitting with recent calls for more holistic approaches to designing for older adults. Going beyond standard accessibility considerations, and aiming to inform design of technologies for the general population rather than the design of senior-friendly variants of such tools, we will generate a set of principles for developing tools that older adults can and will use.

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Index Terms

HCI and Aging: Beyond Accessibility
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. HCI theory, concepts and models
2. Social and professional topics
  1. User characteristics
    1. Age
      1. Seniors

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CHI EA '19: Extended Abstracts of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

May 2019

3673 pages

ISBN:9781450359719

DOI:10.1145/3290607

General Chairs:
Stephen Brewster
University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Geraldine Fitzpatrick
TU Wien, Austria
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Program Chairs:
Anna Cox
University College London, UK
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Vassilis Kostakos
University of Melbourne, Australia

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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