Main description:

Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly. Breaking new ground in the study of technology and aging, this book examines how developments in smart phones, the internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contributions from leading commentators and researchers across the world, this book explores key themes such as caregiving, the use of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, gaming, migration, and data inheritance, to name a few.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Critical Reflections on Ageing and Technology in the Twenty-First Century

Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast

Part I: Connections, Networks and Interactions

Chapter 1. Social Media and the Age-Friendly Community

Philip B. Stafford

Chapter 2. 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

Chapter 3. Older People and Constant Contact Media

Rachel S. Singh

Chapter 4. Beyond Determinism: Understanding Actual Use of Social Robots by Older People

Louis Neven and Christina Leeson

Part II: Health and Wellbeing

Chapter 5. Designing Technologies for Social Connection with Older People

Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh

Chapter 6. Avoiding the 'Iceberg Effect': Incorporating a Behavioural Change Approach to Technology Design in Chronic Illness

John Dinsmore

Chapter 7. Supporting a Good Life with Dementia

Arlene Astell

Chapter 8. Home Telehealth: Industry Enthusiasm, Health System Resistance and Community Expectations

Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville

Chapter 9. Analysing Hands-on-Tech Care Work in Telecare Installations. Frictional Encounters with Gerontechnological Designs

Daniel Lopez and Tomas Sanchez-Criado

Part III: Life Course Transitions

Chapter 10. Caregiving in the Digital Era

Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman

Chapter 11. Digital Storytelling and the Transnational Retirement Networks of Older Japanese Adults

Mayumi Ono

Chapter 12. Digital Games in the Lives of Older Adults

Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap

Chapter 13. Digital Ownership across Lifespans

Wendy Moncur

Notes on Contributors

Index