Are older adults really that different? Some insights from gerontechnology

Lim, Weng Marc; Teh, Pei‐Lee; Ahmed, Pervaiz K.; Chan, Alan H.S.; Cheong, Soon-Nyean; Yap, Wen Jiun

doi:10.1109/ieem.2015.7385909

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“…In total, 79 older adults completed the survey. The small sample size, which we can attribute to the fact that we did not provide remuneration to participants, concurs with past gerontechnology studies (e.g., Lim et al, 2015;Teh et al, 2017). We recorded no participant dropout, which we can credit to the survey's straightforward nature (e.g., concise and relevant to older adults' daily lives).…”

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“…When one applies the original TAM to soft service robots, perceived ease of use encapsulates the degree to which one believes that using a soft service robot does not require effort (Davis, 1989). That is, older adults will likely adopt a soft service robot when they find it easy to learn and use (Davis, 1989;Heerink, Volume 12 Issue 3 Kröse, Evers, & Wielinga, 2010;Lim et al, 2015). In contrast, perceived usefulness refers to the degree to which one believes that using a soft service robot would be assistive (Davis, 1989).…”

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“…In contrast, perceived usefulness refers to the degree to which one believes that using a soft service robot would be assistive (Davis, 1989). That is, older adults will likely adopt a soft service robot when they find it convenient, helpful, and useful (Davis, 1989;Heerink et al, 2010;Lim et al, 2015).…”

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As the world's population increasingly ages, we need technological solutions such as robotics technology to assist older adults in their daily tasks. In this regard, we examine soft service robots' potential to help care for the elderly. To do so, we developed and tested the degree to which they would accept a soft service robot that catered to their functional needs in the home environment. We used embodied artificial to develop an in-house teleoperated human-sized soft service robot that performed object-retrieval tasks with a soft gripper. Using an extended technology acceptance model as a theoretical lens, we conducted a study with 79 older adults to examine the degree to which they would accept a soft service robot in the home environment. We found perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and subjective norms as significant predictors that positively influenced older adults' intention to adopt and use soft service robots. However, we also found that perceived anxiety and perceived likability did not significantly predict older adults' intention to adopt and use soft service robots. We discuss the implications, limitations, and future research directions that arise from these findings.

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Gerontechnology for better elderly care and life quality: a systematic literature review

Huang,

Oteng

2023

Eur J Ageing

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Gerontechnology as multidisciplinary research has expanded in recent years due to its significant role in ensuring better care and improved quality of life for older adults and their caregivers. With a substantial increase in studies on reasons behind less inclination of older individuals to accept gerontechnology, barriers to its non-acceptance appear to be persistent. In addition, there is a dearth of research on the adoption of gerontechnology from the perspectives of social caregivers, given that caregivers bear a substantial burden in the form of chronic stress, which adversely affects their health and that of older people. Therefore, the aim of this study is to present a holistic perspective of older adults and their caregivers by systematically reviewing literature on gerontechnology acceptance. Adopting the preferred reported items for systematic and meta-analysis (PRISMA) framework, publications specifically on gerontechnology from 2002 to 2022 in Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed, that focused on older people (50 years and above) and caregivers (informal and formal) were reviewed. We critically evaluated 25 publications and synthesised them thematically. The results highlight that gerontechnology acceptance by older adults and their social caregivers is highly contingent on certain personal, physical, socio-cultural and technological indicators. However, this paper concludes that a generalised policy approach for gerontechnology and a better quality of life may be ineffective, considering that older adults and social caregivers constitute two heterogeneous groups.

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Are older adults really that different? Some insights from gerontechnology

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