Domesticating technology. In-home requirements gathering with frail older people

Abstract

As technology becomes increasingly important as a means of supporting older people at home, the dangers of distress caused by the introduction of inappropriate technology become greater. This paper discusses the argument for 'in-home' research with the frail elderly and describes some of the issues that the UTOPIA project has encountered in carrying out such research.

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@InProceedings{dick*03,
  author = "A. Dickinson and J. Goodman and A. Syme and 
            R. Eisma and L. Tiwari and O. Mival and 
            A. Newell",
  title = "Domesticating technology. In-home requirements 
           gathering with frail older people",
  booktitle = "HCI International 2003",
  year = 2003,
  month = Jun}