Bridging the gap between illiterate older adults and cognitive stimulation technologies through pervasive computing

User Experience of Elders and Relatives in a Collaborative Cognitive Stimulation Tool

“…Although it was clear from the results of the first evaluation [5] that participants perceived InTouchFun as a useful and easy to use tool, which generated enjoyable and low anxiety user experiences, we did not obtained evidence enough as to pinpoint which aspects of the application and of the proposed activities were responsible for these results. The use of the resulting multi-method approach, involving an indirect observation technique (i.e.…”

“…In order to determine the ease of use of the proposed system and its usefulness by allowing the members of the elder's SFN to participate during the CS activities as informal caregivers, in our previous work [5] we carried out a usability evaluation of the system. Participants in this evaluation were 6 elders with no apparent CD, and a close relative (SFN member, e.g., child).…”

“…InTouchFun is a collaborative pervasive system that provides support for CS sessions and that allows for the integration of members of the elder's SFN during these CS activities [5].…”

“…In order to address this opportunity area, we developed InTouchFun, a pervasive CS collaborative system that provides support for CS at the elder's home, and that allows the integration of remote SFN members [5]. Initially InTouchFun was evaluated using subjective techniques, through the use of questionnaires and interviews, to gather the participants' perception regarding the application's usefulness, ease of use and user experience (UX).…”

Pervasive technologies and assistive environments: cognitive systems for assistive environments: special issue of PETRA 2010 and 2011 conferences

“…Meza-Kubo et al [10] in their paper present case studies to understand older adults' interactions in CS sessions and their relation with technologies and with members in their social family networks (SFN). To address the technological, social and illiteracy gaps, they designed and evaluated a pervasive CS collaborative system which eases interaction through natural interfaces and enables SFN members to interact with older adults during their CS activities regardless of their physical location.…”