This study is anchored on two fundamental ideas: i) promoting intergenerational solidarity, relations and communication is a key factor for social development in an aging world; and ii) understand how different generations interact with and around digital media and technology is crucial to reconfigure design methods, so we may enhance intergenerational communication, learning and understanding. In particular, we aim to study how tablet’s devices and applications are jointly and collaboratively used by older adults/grandparents and (grand)children and the perceived impact that those interactions may have on: i) intergenerational relationships; ii) children and older adult’s digital literacy; and iii) attitude towards the other. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews and exploratory studies will be conducted, in the context of which «Joint Media Engagement» (Takeuchi & Stevens, 2011) sessions between selected cases of older adults and children (with and without parental relations) will be promoted, in order to observe, describe and characterize their «in-medium» (Takeuchi & Stevens, 2011) and «in-room» (Stevens, Satwicz & McCarthy, 2008) activities and interactions. We expect to be able to propose a set of guidelines for the design of contents for tablets, intended for intergenerational and collaborative use by older adults and/or grandparents and children and/or grandchildren.
LOCUS proposes de co-design, development and evaluation of an IoT system that incorporates and interconnects smart and social objects, supporting tangible and playful interactive experiences, intended to promote intergenerational engagement in creating and exploring cultural contents and learning about cultural heritage of rural territories from the Centre Region of Portugal, namely Amiais Village, in Sever do Vouga.
Physical, social and psychological wellbeing is one of the most critical issues among older adults' population. Several Internet of things (IoT)-based systems have been developed, in the last 8 years, for improving older adults' wellbeing and support an autonomous and healthy lifestyle. This paper presents the results of a systematic review, aimed to understand how IoT and IoTbased systems have been designed and used, for the past 8 years, for improving the wellbeing of older adults. A total of 173 studies 2 , published between 2010 to 2018, were selected for review. Results show that the selected studies are mainly related to healthcare and social networking applications, and involve sensors, cloud computing, fog computing and advanced communication networks.
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