Interactive Social Technologies for Diverse Experiences of Later Life

交互式社交技术为晚年生活提供多样化体验

• 批准号: RGPIN-2018-06130
• 负责人: Moffatt, Karyn
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: McGill University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2019-01-01 至 2020-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=685283
• 关键词: Interactive; Social; Technologies; Diverse; Experiences

***The structure of the world's population is shifting, leading to a dramatically aging society. While aging has long been associated with diverse and changing needs, research into the design of technology for later life has not often fully recognized this diversity, typically considering adults 65 and over as a single group. This is perhaps unsurprising given the relative scarcity of research in this area; however, ignoring this diversity risks the development of technologies that serve no one. The overarching goal of this research program is thus to build new technologies that recognize and account for the diversity of experiences in later life. Over the next five years, this program will focus on three key projects, each selected to investigate the development of social communication technologies for a different sub-demographic. ******The first project will focus on addressing the needs of those transitioning to retirement. As this group is relatively young, healthy, and technologically savvy, the focus here will not be on bridging a digital divide or accommodating assistive needs, but rather on understanding how to accommodate shifting lifestyles that might influence one's relationship with technology and desire to be part of a socio-technical culture of constant connectivity and availability. Mechanisms for setting boundaries and managing expectations are likely to dominate, as are questions of how to best accommodate conflicting expectations across generations. ******The second project will serve as a counterpoint to the first, focusing instead on the social needs of those with one or more chronic health conditions seeking to age in place. This group will be older, and likely less technologically experienced. Thus here, it will be important to place more emphasis on factors such as affordability, available infrastructure (e.g., of high-speed Wi-Fi), technical competency, and physical, sensory, and cognitive capabilities. The challenge in this project will be to provide novel mechanisms for enabling participation without requiring the full adoption of current tools. ******The third project will investigate how to design for deteriorating health conditions (e.g., early-stage dementia). Here, the challenge will be to accommodate changing needs with the development of designs that maintain maximal agency at each stage in the disease progression. Designs in this project will need to take a longer-term perspective and consider how to leverage earlier capabilities and competencies for continued use as health declines. ******Tying these projects together is the focus on social interaction. While each project targets a different sub-demographic of later life, together they will contribute to the long-term objective of better understanding how the range of experiences encountered impacts the design of technology.

***世界人口结构正在发生变化，导致社会急剧老龄化。虽然老龄化长期以来一直与多样化和不断变化的需求联系在一起，但对晚年生活技术设计的研究通常并未充分认识到这种多样性，通常将 65 岁及以上的成年人视为一个群体。考虑到这一领域的研究相对匮乏，这或许并不令人意外。然而，忽视这种多样性可能会导致技术的发展对任何人都无益。因此，该研究计划的总体目标是建立能够识别和解释晚年经历多样性的新技术。在接下来的五年中，该计划将重点关注三个关键项目，每个项目都被选为研究不同人口群体的社交通信技术的发展。 ******第一个项目将侧重于满足那些过渡到退休的人的需求。由于这个群体相对年轻、健康且精通技术，因此这里的重点不是弥合数字鸿沟或满足辅助需求，而是了解如何适应可能影响一个人与技术的关系的生活方式的转变，以及如何成为持续连接和可用性的社会技术文化的一部分。设定界限和管理期望的机制可能会占据主导地位，以及如何最好地适应代际间相互冲突的期望的问题。 ******第二个项目将作为第一个项目的对比，重点关注那些患有一种或多种慢性健康状况、寻求就地养老的人的社会需求。这个群体年龄较大，而且技术经验可能较少。因此，在这里，必须更加重视诸如负担能力、可用基础设施（例如高速 Wi-Fi）、技术能力以及身体、感官和认知能力等因素。该项目的挑战将是提供新颖的机制来促进参与，而不需要完全采用现有工具。 ******第三个项目将研究如何针对日益恶化的健康状况（例如早期痴呆症）进行设计。在这里，挑战将是通过开发设计来适应不断变化的需求，从而在疾病进展的每个阶段保持最大的作用。该项目的设计需要采取更长远的视角，并考虑如何利用早期的功能和能力，在健康状况下降时继续使用。 ******将这些项目结合在一起是对社交互动的关注。虽然每个项目都针对晚年的不同人群，但它们共同将有助于实现长期目标，即更好地理解所经历的经历范围如何影响技术设计。