Aging and the Digital Life Course

David Prendergast is a social anthropologist based at Intel Labs Europe and a Principal Investigator in the Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Sustainable Connected Cities with Imperial College and University College London. He also holds the position of Visiting Professor of Healthcare Innovation at Trinity College Dublin.

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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