Older users, multimodal reminders and assisted living technology

The primary users of assisted living technology are older people who are likely to have one or more sensory impairments. Multimodal technology allows users to interact via non-impaired senses and provides alternative ways to interact if primary interaction methods fail. An empirical user study was c...

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Published inHealth informatics journal Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 181 - 190
Main Authors Warnock, David, McGee-Lennon, Marilyn, Brewster, Stephen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.09.2012
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Disruption
Empirical analysis
Female
Health
Health Services for the Aged
Home Care Services
Humans
Impairment
Information Dissemination
Male
Middle Aged
Olfactory Perception - physiology
Performance evaluation
Physical Stimulation
Reminder Systems - standards
Reminder Systems - utilization
Reproducibility of Results
Self-Help Devices
Tactile
Task Performance and Analysis
User-Computer Interface
Video Games - psychology
Visual
Workload
Workload - psychology
Workload - statistics & numerical data
reminder systems
home care systems
usability
Accessibility
multimodal technology
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Summary:The primary users of assisted living technology are older people who are likely to have one or more sensory impairments. Multimodal technology allows users to interact via non-impaired senses and provides alternative ways to interact if primary interaction methods fail. An empirical user study was carried out with older participants which evaluated the performance, disruptiveness and subjective workload of visual, audio, tactile and olfactory notifications then compared the results with earlier findings in younger participants. It was found that disruption and subjective workload were not affected by modality, although some modalities were more effective at delivering information accurately. It is concluded that although further studies need to be carried out in a real-world settings, the findings support the argument for multiple modalities in assisted living technology.
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ISSN:1460-4582
1741-2811
DOI:10.1177/1460458212440979