Aging and the digital life course / edited by David Prendergast and Chiara Garattini.

Other author Prendergast, David, 1973- editor.
Other author Garattini, Chiara, editor.
Format Book
EditionFirst Edition.
PublicationNew York : Berghahn Books, 2015.
Descriptionix, 289 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Older people.
Technology and older people.

SeriesLife course, culture and aging: global transformations ; volume 3
Life course, culture and aging ; v. 3. ^A1166259
Contents Acknowledgments -- Introduction: critical reflections on ageing and technology in the twenty-first century / Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast -- Connections, networks and interactions -- Social media and the age-friendly community / Philip B. Stafford -- Exploring new technologies through playful peer-to-peer engagement in informal learning / Josie Tetley, Caroline Holland, Verina Waights, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Holland and Stephanie Warren -- Older people and constant contact media / Rachel S. Singh -- Beyond determinism : understanding actual use of social robots by older people / Louis Neven and Christina Leeson -- Health and wellbeing -- Designing technologies for social connection with older people / Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh -- Avoiding the "iceberg effect" : incorporating a behavioural change approach to technology design in chronic illness / John Dinsmore -- Supporting a good life with dementia / Arlene Astell -- Home telehealth: industry enthusiasm, health system resistance and community expectations / Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville -- Analysing hands-on-tech care work in telecare installations : frictional encounters with gerontechnological designs / Daniel Lopez and Tomas Sanchez-Criado -- Life course transitions -- Caregiving in the digital era / Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman -- Digital storytelling and the transnational retirement networks of older japanese adults / Mayumi Ono -- Digital games in the lives of older adults / Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap -- Digital ownership across lifespans / Wendy Moncur -- Notes on contributors -- Index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-283) and index.
LCCN 2015006169
ISBN9781782386919 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1782386912 (hardback : alk. paper)

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