Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/30944
Author(s): Gerardo, F.
Rodrigues, B.
Vasconcelos, M.
Oliveira, T.
Silva, M.
Alves, G,
Editor: Alessandro Gentile
Ana Lucía Hernández Cordero
Borja Miranda Larré
Date: 2019
Title: The use of technology as an instrument to support the attention of the old persons and the possible increase of their autonomy
Book title/volume: Actas del VII Congreso de la Red Española de Política Social (REPS): Políticas sociales ante horizontes de incertidumbre y desigualdad
Pages: 1069 - 1088
Reference: Gerardo, F., Rodrigues, B., Vasconcelos, M., Oliveira, T., Silva, M., & Alves, G, (2018). The use of technology as an instrument to support the attention of the old persons and the possible increase of their autonomy. Em A. Gentile, A. L. Hernández Cordero, & B. Miranda Larré (Eds.). Actas del VII Congreso de la Red Española de Política Social (REPS): Políticas sociales ante horizontes de incertidumbre y desigualdad (pp. 1069-1088). Universidad de Zaragoza. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/30944
ISBN: 978-84-09-07522-5
Keywords: Older person
Ageing
Technology
Social care
Wellbeing
Abstract: This article intends to explain the impact of a project using new technologies on older adults named Cordon Gris. This project uses information and communication technologies (ICT) while promoting the “Ageing in place” paradigm with the aim to assist older people in maintaining a healthy and independent life, as well as preventing inadequate nutrition. This paper describes the main strategies which were developed towards the acceptance, utilization, and finally, the adoption, of ICT - in particular, the Cordon Gris system. The article also gives an account of the interactive process to design the Cordon Gris prototype, and the importance of the users’ participation during those stages. We shall argue that such participation has improved technology acceptance, although support and training courses have been needed to ensure usability among older adults. The focus is here given on Portuguese users (between 63 and 87 years old) who answered questionnaires before and after the field trials. The main results showed that after 6 months of training with weekly sessions, these people’s ability to use technology passed from the basic level to advanced one. They were not only able to use the technology on their own but, what is most interesting, adopted it as something useful for their lives. We can therefore conclude that however few educational and economic resources characterized the participants, their training enabled greater social participation, increasing thus their quality of life and autonomy.
Peerreviewed: yes
Access type: Open Access
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