Background: Maintaining social relationships has been defined as a core element of aging
well. With a considerable amount of older adults living alone, social media provides the …

Objectives There are growing concerns that social isolation presents risks to older people's
health and well‐being. Thus, the objective of the review was to explore how technology is …

In the light of a massive diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT),
coupled with unprecedented rates of an ageing population, the study of technology …

This study examined the feasibility of a novel communication technology to enhance social
connectedness among older adults in residential care. Research suggests that technology …

Older adults have increasingly adopted Internet and social network sites (SNSs), but little
communication scholarship has explored systematic differences in access within this …

This paper addresses a number of challenges HCI designers and researchers deal with
when designing digital technologies for older people. We conducted a 5-year research …

Large numbers of individuals, many of them senior citizens, live in social isolation. This
typically leads to loneliness, depression, and vulnerability, and subsequently to other …

The ability to use the internet frequently is likely to provide a useful means of engaging with
society and using services in later life, yet older people are the most likely to suffer digital …

This paper discusses six myths common in the field of 'human-computer interaction (HCI)
and older people'. These myths are widespread among computer scientists, engineers and …

Adoption and use of novel technology by the institutionalized'oldest old'(80+) is
understudied. This population is the fastest growing demographic group in developed …