Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Acceptance, Communication and Participation

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXIV

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2. Aging and Technology Acceptance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Desktop PC, Tablet PC, or Smartphone? An Analysis of Use Preferences in Daily Activities for Different Technology Generations of a Worldwide Sample

      • Christina Bröhl, Peter Rasche, Janina Jablonski, Sabine Theis, Matthias Wille, Alexander Mertens

      Pages 3-20

   3. Assistive Technology and Emotions of Older People – Adopting a Positive and Integrated Design Approach

      • Ke Chen

      Pages 21-29

   4. The Perception of Aging and Use of Robots

      • Yvonne Eriksson

      Pages 30-39

   5. Gendering Old Age: The Role of Mobile Phones in the Experience of Aging for Women

      • Carla Ganito

      Pages 40-51

   6. A Change Is Gonna Come

      • Patrick Halbach, Simon Himmel, Julia Offermann-van Heek, Martina Ziefle

      Pages 52-69

   7. Acceptance and Practical Use of Assistive Technologies for Frail Seniors and Caregivers: Interview Surveys on Nursing Homes

      • Akihiko Kamesawa, Reina Yoshizaki, Shiho Hirose, Nana Shinozaki, Ren Komatsu, Satomi Kitamura et al.

      Pages 70-84

   8. Older People and Technology Acceptance

      • Blanka Klimova, Petra Poulova

      Pages 85-94

   9. Keeping in Touch: Mobile Apps Use by Older Adults

      • Dalit Levy, Elena Simonovsky

      Pages 95-107

   10. Study on the Current Situation of Urban Empty Nest Elderly of Community Home Care and Innovation Strategy

       • Ruiqi Li, Ya-jun Li, Xingxing Gao

       Pages 108-117

   11. Overcoming the Vulnerability of Older Adults in Contemporary Media Ecosystem (International Policies and Bulgarian Survey)

       • Lilia Raycheva, Nadezhda Miteva, Dobrinka Peicheva

       Pages 118-134

   12. Long-Term Appropriation of Smartwatches Among a Group of Older People

       • Andrea Rosales, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol, Núria Ferran-Ferrer

       Pages 135-148

   13. Attitudes Towards Aging and the Acceptance of ICT for Aging in Place

       • Eva-Maria Schomakers, Julia Offermann-van Heek, Martina Ziefle

       Pages 149-169

   14. A Qualitative Investigation on Chinese Middle-Aged People’s ICT Adoption and Use

       • Shijie Song, Jianjun Sun, Bin Geng, Yuxiang Zhao

       Pages 170-178

   15. Senior Citizens Usage Towards and Perception of Modern Technology in India

       • J. Antony William, Ramaswami Murugesh

       Pages 179-193

   16. A Study on the Behavior of Using Intelligent Television Among the Elderly in New Urban Areas

       • Cuiping Wu, Xiaoping Hu

       Pages 194-205

3. Aging and Interaction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 207-207

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   2. Evaluation and Analysis of the Features and Applications of 3D Model Platforms

      • Chia-Ling Chang, Siou-Wen Wang

      Pages 209-222

   3. It Still Matters: Preference in Visual Appearance of Stimuli Among People in the Late Stages of Dementia

      • Wei-Ying Chou, P. John Clarkson, Christine Waszynski

      Pages 223-234

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Conference onHuman Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2018, held as part of the 20^th International Conference, HCI International 2018, which took place in Las Vegas, Nevada, in July 2018.

The total of 1171 papers and 160 posters included in the 30 HCII 2018 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 4346 submissions.

ITAP 2018 includes a total of 84 papers. They were organized in topical sections as follows:

Part I: aging and technology acceptance; aging and interaction; intergenerational communication and social participation.

Part II: health care technologies and services for the elderly; intelligent environments for aging; and games and entertainment for the elderly.

• artificial intelligence
• assistive technology
• communication
• human engineering
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• internet
• mobile computing
• mobile devices
• mobile phones
• robotics
• telecommunication networks
• user experience
• user interfaces
• world wide web

• Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

  Jia Zhou

• Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA

  Gavriel Salvendy

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