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Ageing and technology : perspectives from the social sciences /

The booming increase of the senior population has become a social phenomenon and a challenge to our societies, and technological advances have undoubtedly contributed to improve the lives of elderly citizens in numerous aspects. In current debates on technology, however, the "human factor"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Domínguez-Rué, Emma (Editor ), Nierling, Linda (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2016]
Colección:Science studies (Bielefeld, Germany)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • All that glitters is not silver-technologies for the elderly in context / Linda Nierling and Emma Domínguez-Rué
  • Motives of the elderly for the use of technology in their daily lives / Helga Pelizäus-Hoffmeister
  • An exploration of mobile telephony non-use among older people / Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol
  • Older women on the game: understanding digital game perspectives from an ageing cohort / Hannah Marston and Sheri Graner-Ray
  • Social inclusion of elderly people in rural areas by social technological mechanisms / Peter Biniok, Iris Menke, Stefan Selke
  • Skripting age
  • the negotiation of age and aging in ambient assisted living / Cordula Endter
  • Making space for ageing: embedding social and psychological needs of older people into smart home technology / Barry Guihen
  • Seeing again: dementia, personhood and technology / Ike Kamphof
  • Enabling a mobile and independent way of live for people with dementia
  • needs-oriented technology development / Nora Weinberger, Bettina-Johanna Krings, Michael Decker / Emotional robotics in the care of older people: a comparison of research findings of PARO- and PLEO-interventions in care home from Australia, Germany and the UK / Barbara Klein, Glenda Cook, Wendy Moyle
  • Navigating the European landscape of ageing and ICT: policy, governance, and the role of ethics / Eugenio Mantovani and Bruno Turnheim
  • Ageing and technology decision-making: a framework for assessing uncertainty / Ciara Fitzgerald and Frédéric Adam
  • Aging and technology: what is the take home message for newspapers readers? / Gregor Wolbring and Boushra Abdullah
  • Towards an ageless society: assessing a transhumanist programme / Martin Sand and Karin Jongsma
  • Focusing on the human: interdisciplinary reflections on ageing and technology / Maria Beimborn, Selma Kadi, Nina Köberer, Mara Mühleck, Mone Spindler.