Designing for Older Adults

Principles and Creative Human Factors Approaches, Third Edition

Sara J. Czaja, Walter R. Boot, Neil Charness, Wendy A. Rogers (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2019 | 3rd edition
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-1-138-05366-3 (ISBN)

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The new edition will focus primarily on providing easily accessible and usable guidelines for professionals and students in the design community for older adults. It will include an overview of the demographic characteristics of older adult populations and the scientific knowledge base of the aging process relevant to design.

Winner of the 2019 Richard M. Kalish Innovative Publication Book Award 2019 – Gerontological Society of America

This new edition provides easily accessible and usable guidelines for practitioners in the design community for older adults. It includes an updated overview of the demographic characteristics of older adult populations and the scientific knowledge base of the aging process relevant to design. New chapters include Existing and Emerging Technologies, Work and Volunteering, Social Engagement, and Leisure Activities. Also included is basic information on user-centered design and specific recommendations for conducting research with older adults.

Features

Focuses on design for diverse groups of older adults
Introduces the latest scientific advances, but is easily accessible to practitioners and students
Offers an emphasis on existing and emerging technologies within everyday contexts and activities
Includes many examples of everyday activities and contexts, as well as new chapters
Presents a new conceptual model linking design principles across a broad range of topics

Sara J. Czaja, Walter R. Boot, Neil Charness, Wendy A. Rogers

The Fundamentals of Aging and Technology. Introduction and Conceptual Framework. Characteristics of Older Adults. Individual Differences. Existing and Emerging Technology. The Fundamentals of Design. Basic Principles of Design. Involving Older Adults in Design Research. Interface Design and the User Experience. Instructional Design. Application Areas. Transportation. Healthcare Technologies. Living Environments. Work and Volunteer Activities. Communication and Social Engagement. Leisure Activities. Conclusions. Design Challenges for the Future. References. Indexes.

Erscheinungsdatum	25.01.2019
Reihe/Serie	Human Factors and Aging Series
Zusatzinfo	7 Tables, black and white; 6 Illustrations, color; 34 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	1490 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Technik
ISBN-10	1-138-05366-X / 113805366X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-05366-3 / 9781138053663
Zustand	Neuware