Developing Communication Technologies to Promote Intergenerational Awareness and Social Re-Engagement
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Functionalist, cognitive notions of ageing dominate current approaches to interaction design for the elderly. Solutions arrived at in this way, tend to pathologise the ageing process through their focus on physical and cognitive deficits. This paper will argue for a more holistic view of the person which encourages technology development which is engaging and meaningful rather than purely functional.
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تاریخ انتشار 2006