THE TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERYDAY LIFE FOR THE ELDERLY

Year 2010, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 97 - 102, 01.12.2010

Oya Hazer Sevinc Sanlı

Abstract

Rapidly developing technology is changing the nature of work, the form and scope of both mass
and interpersonal communications, the goals and settings of education and leisure activities, and
most aspects of everyday life. Technology has the potential to make life easier, to support
communication with family and friends , to assist with health care, and to enable individuals to
remain safe and functionally independent in their own homes.
Increasingly , many older people live alone. Successful independent living requires older adults to
be capable of performing basiz activities of daily living such as bathing, toileting, and eating ,as
well as more instrumental activities of daily living such as managing a medication regimen ,
maintaining the household , and preparing nutritious meals. Existence as an independently living,
active older adult may also require willingness to accept new changes and to engage in lifelong
learning. While it is true that older adults are slower to adopt many new technologies and
typically require more training to learn to use them.
To integration of technology for the elderly; the technological design of products should be
ensured according to the capabilities of the elderly. For the elderly appropriate training must be
provided , elderly users' needs should be taken into consideration in the development of future
technologies.

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