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Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Critical Reflections on Ageing and Technology in the Twenty-First Century
Chiara Garattini and David Prendergast
Part I: Connections, Networks and Interactions
Chapter 1. Social Media and the Age-Friendly Community
Philip B. Stafford
Chapter 2. Exploring New Technologies through Playful Peer-to-Peer Engagement in Informal Learning
Josie Tetley, Caroline Holland, Verina Waights, Jonathan Hughes, Simon Holland and Stephanie Warren
Chapter 3. Older People and Constant Contact Media
Rachel S. Singh
Chapter 4. Beyond Determinism: Understanding Actual Use of Social Robots by Older People
Louis Neven and Christina Leeson
Part II: Health and Wellbeing
Chapter 5. Designing Technologies for Social Connection with Older People
Joseph Wherton, Paul Sugarhood, Rob Procter and Trisha Greenhalgh
Chapter 6. Avoiding the ‘Iceberg Effect’: Incorporating a Behavioural Change Approach to Technology Design in Chronic Illness
John Dinsmore
Chapter 7. Supporting a Good Life with Dementia
Arlene Astell
Chapter 8. Home Telehealth: Industry Enthusiasm, Health System Resistance and Community Expectations
Sarah Delaney and Claire Somerville
Chapter 9. Analysing Hands-on-Tech Care Work in Telecare Installations. Frictional Encounters with Gerontechnological Designs
Daniel López and Tomás Sánchez-Criado
Part III: Life Course Transitions
Chapter 10. Caregiving in the Digital Era
Madelyn Iris and Rebecca Berman
Chapter 11. Digital Storytelling and the Transnational Retirement Networks of Older Japanese Adults
Mayumi Ono
Chapter 12. Digital Games in the Lives of Older Adults
Bob De Schutter, Julie A. Brown and Henk Herman Nap
Chapter 13. Digital Ownership across Lifespans
Wendy Moncur
Notes on Contributors
Index
Aging and the Digital Life Course
Edited by David Prendergast and Chiara Garattini
300 pages, 6 illus., bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-78238-691-9 Hb Published (June 2015)
ISBN 978-1-78533-501-3 Pb Published (June 2017)
eISBN 978-1-78238-692-6 eBook