The Desirability of the Use of Technology to Prevent Social Isolation of Older Adults

Matias Garcia-Constantino; Jonathan Synnott; Chris Nugent; Austen Burns; Mike Little; Deepak Samson

doi:10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.227

The Desirability of the Use of Technology to Prevent Social Isolation of Older Adults

Matias Garcia-Constantino, Jonathan Synnott, Chris Nugent, Austen Burns, Mike Little, Deepak Samson

School of Computing

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Abstract

As life expectancy has increased, more older adults are experiencing social isolation, which can increase the risk of several negative effects on their health. The use of technology by older adults can support the prevention of social isolation by enabling them to be proactive and motivated to establish human interactions with relatives and friends. This paper explores and presents the results of a survey administered to 74 people from the Centre for Independent Living NI (CILNI) to identify the prevalence of social isolation in Northern Ireland, and the desirability to use technology to prevent it. This paper also introduces an upcoming trial into the use of technology for the prevention of social isolation for older adults living alone.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.227
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Jul 2018
Event	32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI) - Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Jul 2018 → 6 Jul 2018 http://Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)

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Conference	32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Belfast
Period	4/07/18 → 6/07/18
Internet address	http://Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI)

Keywords

Social Isolation
Older Adults
Technology Adoption
Digital Technology

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Garcia-Constantino, M , Synnott, J , Nugent, C, Burns, A, Little, M & Samson, D 2018, The Desirability of the Use of Technology to Prevent Social Isolation of Older Adults. in Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference., 227, Association for Computing Machinery, 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI), Belfast, United Kingdom, 4/07/18. https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/HCI2018.227

The Desirability of the Use of Technology to Prevent Social Isolation of Older Adults. / Garcia-Constantino, Matias ; Synnott, Jonathan ; Nugent, Chris et al.
Proceedings of the 32nd International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference. Association for Computing Machinery, 2018. 227.

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