Understanding Older Adults' Attitudes and Adoption of Residential Technologies
Understanding Older Adults' Attitudes and Adoption of Residential Technologies
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DOI：
10.1177/1077727x07311504
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发表时间：
2008-03-01
影响因子：
0.7
通讯作者：
Goss, Rosemary
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作者：
Ahn, Mira;Beamish, Julia;Goss, Rosemary
本研究的主要目的是了解老年人对住宅技术产品和服务的态度和兴趣，这些产品和服务的采用率低于50%。本研究探讨了这些技术产品和服务的潜力，以协助老化到位。计算机技术的早期采用者被认为是对新引进的住宅技术有较早知识的人。此外，考虑到老年人对就地养老的偏好，在住宅环境中提供技术援助似乎具有很大的潜力。由于使用了方便的样本，本研究的结果在推广到所有老年人方面存在局限性。尽管对早期采用者的研究可能无法提供可以推广到整个人群的信息，但这项研究为理解和估计这一人群的未来趋势提供了有用的见解。
The main goal of this research was to understand older adults' attitudes and interests in residential technology products and services that have been adopted by them at a rate of less than 50%. This study explored the potential of these technology products and services to assist with aging in place. Early adopters of computer technologies are perceived as persons with early knowledge of newly introduced residential technologies. Moreover, considering older adults' preference for aging in place, assistance with technologies in residential settings would appear to have great potential. The results from this study have limitations in generalizing to all older adults, because a convenience sample was used. Although studies of early adopters may not provide information that can be generalized to the entire population, this study provides insight useful in understanding and estimating future trends for this population.