Older Adults Testing Assistive Technologies in Living Labs: Guidelines

Stephanie Lehmann, Esther Ruf, Sabina Misoch

2020

Abstract

Assistive technologies are a promising option for enabling older adults to live independently at home and therefore to meet the challenges of demographic change. An advantageous way to ensure acceptance and successful use by end users is a participatory involvement and testing in real-life environment. This position paper argues for the specific approach of Living Lab testings when testing assistive technologies with older adults at home. The procedure described is intended as a guideline to adequately consider the specifics of the test subjects, the older adults, and the special test setting in the real-life environment. Therefore, the guideline contributes to the quality of future testings.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lehmann S., Ruf E. and Misoch S. (2020). Older Adults Testing Assistive Technologies in Living Labs: Guidelines.In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE, ISBN 978-989-758-420-6, pages 85-92. DOI: 10.5220/0009464100850092

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ict4awe20,
author={Stephanie Lehmann and Esther Ruf and Sabina Misoch},
title={Older Adults Testing Assistive Technologies in Living Labs: Guidelines},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,},
year={2020},
pages={85-92},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009464100850092},
isbn={978-989-758-420-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - Volume 1: ICT4AWE,
TI - Older Adults Testing Assistive Technologies in Living Labs: Guidelines
SN - 978-989-758-420-6
AU - Lehmann S.
AU - Ruf E.
AU - Misoch S.
PY - 2020
SP - 85
EP - 92
DO - 10.5220/0009464100850092