“What’s the limit?” Technologies for aging in place as imagined by young adults
N. K. Dalmer, K. L. Ellison
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AbstractCurrent trends in Age Tech innovation designed to enable aging-in-place assume a shared vision of a future where aging can and should be monitored and controlled through data. Many of these technologies include ambient sensors that silently and remotely track the older, “at risk” person’s comings and goings, their eating, sleeping and bathroom habits, whether they are taking their medication, their gate, the length of time they are sitting, standing, or lying down, and the list goes on. Although there have been some efforts to include the experiences and desires of older adults into the design and critique of aging-in-place technologies, young adults, as future users of these devices – both as caregivers and cared for – have thus far been excluded.Keywords: future, arts-based methods, young adults, gerontechnology, aging in place, smart home
N. K. Dalmer, K. L. Ellison (2022). “What’s the limit?” Technologies for aging in place as imagined by young adults. Gerontechnology, 21(s),3-3
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2022.21.s.571.3.sp7