Virtual assistive companions for older adults: Qualitative field study and design implications
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Virtual assistive companions for older adults : Qualitative field study and design implications. / Tsiourti, Christiana; Joly, Emilie; Wings, Cindy; Moussa, Maher Ben; Wac, Katarzyna.
Proceedings - PERVASIVEHEALTH 2014: 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare. ICST, 2014. s. 57-64.Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Virtual assistive companions for older adults
T2 - 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PERVASIVEHEALTH 2014
AU - Tsiourti, Christiana
AU - Joly, Emilie
AU - Wings, Cindy
AU - Moussa, Maher Ben
AU - Wac, Katarzyna
PY - 2014/7/23
Y1 - 2014/7/23
N2 - This paper presents a qualitative study conducted to explore perceptions, attitudes and expectations for a virtual assistive companion designed to supplement human caregiving and facilitate an improved quality of life and long-term health benefits for older adults. The study was conducted adopting a human-centred approach; employing focus groups and individual interviews with older adults, professional caregivers and psychologists specialized in the aging process. Results indicated that users were in favour of a virtual companion and highlighted its potential to assist the accomplishment of daily activities and make more efficient use of human care services. Humanlike communication and behaviour were desirable whereas mixed opinions were expressed about humanlike appearance. The ramifications of the study are discussed in the form of design implications for the development of a virtual assistive companion that possesses the appropriate "social skills" to establish and maintain comfortable and acceptable longterm interaction and offers "useful" support to older adults.
AB - This paper presents a qualitative study conducted to explore perceptions, attitudes and expectations for a virtual assistive companion designed to supplement human caregiving and facilitate an improved quality of life and long-term health benefits for older adults. The study was conducted adopting a human-centred approach; employing focus groups and individual interviews with older adults, professional caregivers and psychologists specialized in the aging process. Results indicated that users were in favour of a virtual companion and highlighted its potential to assist the accomplishment of daily activities and make more efficient use of human care services. Humanlike communication and behaviour were desirable whereas mixed opinions were expressed about humanlike appearance. The ramifications of the study are discussed in the form of design implications for the development of a virtual assistive companion that possesses the appropriate "social skills" to establish and maintain comfortable and acceptable longterm interaction and offers "useful" support to older adults.
KW - HCI
KW - Health promotion
KW - Human-centred design
KW - Older users
KW - Personalization
KW - Qualitative field study
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84928902379&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254943
DO - 10.4108/icst.pervasivehealth.2014.254943
M3 - Article in proceedings
AN - SCOPUS:84928902379
SN - 9781631900112
SP - 57
EP - 64
BT - Proceedings - PERVASIVEHEALTH 2014: 8th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
PB - ICST
Y2 - 20 May 2014 through 23 May 2014
ER -
ID: 160300672