Interactive decision support and adaptive Web interfaces for enhancing the online experience of older adults

随着世界上大多数发达国家人口的平均年龄增长，在互联网用户中也观察到类似的趋势。 在许多情况下，老年人是个人和工作场所中增长最快的计算机和互联网用户群体。 然而，老年人作为在线用户的需求和关注与年轻用户不同，这是由于他们经历的各种身体和认知限制，这些限制与衰老引起的自然变化有关。这种限制导致在线界面的用户群面临许多挑战，并且难以在在线环境中做出高质量的决策。这种情况最终使老年人无法充分利用互联网，并使他们对整体在线体验不太满意。

As the populations of most of the worlds developed nations experience an increase in average age, a similar trend is being observed in the population of Internet users. In many cases, older adults are the fastest growing computer and Internet user group in both personal and workplace contexts. However, the needs and concerns of older adults as online users differ from those of younger users as a result of the various physical and cognitive limitations they experience which are associated the natural changes due to aging. Such limitations result in many challenges for this user group with the online interface as well as difficulties in being able to make high quality decisions in the online environment. This situation ultimately deprives older adults from reaping the full utility of the Internet and causing them to be less satisfied with their overall online experience.