Gerontechnology
Birkland, Johanna
Gerontechnology Understanding Older Adult Information and Communication Technology Use / Johanna Birkland. - 1 online resource.
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This book presents a typology that explains the diversity of ICT usage seen in older adults. It examines older adult use of everyday Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across multiple life contexts (work, family, leisure, and community) allowing readers to understand how the growing aging population will use ICTs in their daily lives. The author offers a useful framework to practitioners (both in community based and institutional settings) who work with older adults to fully understand how technological interventions will be taken up.
9781787432925
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies
Language arts
Electronic books.
Gerontechnology Understanding Older Adult Information and Communication Technology Use / Johanna Birkland. - 1 online resource.
Access copy available to the general public.
This book presents a typology that explains the diversity of ICT usage seen in older adults. It examines older adult use of everyday Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across multiple life contexts (work, family, leisure, and community) allowing readers to understand how the growing aging population will use ICTs in their daily lives. The author offers a useful framework to practitioners (both in community based and institutional settings) who work with older adults to fully understand how technological interventions will be taken up.
9781787432925
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies
Language arts
Electronic books.