Elderly and tablets: considerations and suggestions about the design of proper applications

Autori: Sciarretta, E., Ingrosso, A., Volpi, V., Opromolla, A., Grimaldi, R.

Editore: Springer, Cham

Tipologia Prodotto: Lecture Notes in Computer Science

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20892-3_49

Titolo della Rivista: Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Design for Aging

Numero; Volume: 9193

Codice ISBN: 978-3-319-20891-6

Anno di Pubblicazione: 2015

Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283615426_Elderly_and_Tablets_Considerations_and_Suggestions_About_the_Design_of_Proper_Applications

Abstract:

In this paper, the authors support the idea that tablet is the ideal tool to assist and enhance the elderly living by providing them with value-added services. Currently the risk is that a poor design interface may exclude this substantial part of the population from using useful technologies because of their specific age category requirements. So, after an analysis of the related academic literature and an assessment both of elderly needs and tablet limits and potential, the authors select a set of considerations and suggestions for the design of tablet applications for elderly, in order to facilitate the interaction.