Digital Game Aesthetics of the iStoppFalls Exergame

Marston, Hannah R.; Kroll, Michael; Fink, Dennis; Eichberg, Sabine

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-07141-7_12

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“…Apart from the domains of housing, age-in-place and care support, alternatively, there has been extensive research from the fields of videogame studies exploring the myriad of potential benefits in which digital games may have on older adults. Videogame research has been conducted focusing on the design [22,23,24,25,26], preferences, motivations and video game experiences [27,28,29,30,31,32] of older adults engaging with videogames [33,34]. Additionally, several reviews highlight the growing body of work in the domain of Games for Health [35,36], in conjunction with the effect of videogames on cognition [37,38,39,40], and physical activity to reduce the risk of falling [41,42,43].…”

Section: Technology That Serves Ageing Populationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model

Marston

Hoof

2019

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125

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The World Health Organization (WHO) strives to assist and inspire cities to become more “age-friendly”, and the fundamentals are included in the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide. An age-friendly city enables residents to grow older actively within their families, neighbourhoods and civil society, and offers extensive opportunities for the participation of older people in the community. Over the decades, technology has become essential for contemporary and future societies, and even more imperative as the decades move on, given we are nearly in our third decade of the twenty-first century. Yet, technology is not explicitly considered in the 8-domain model by the WHO, which describes an age-friendly city. This paper discusses the gaps in the WHO’s age-friendly cities model in the field of technology and provides insights and recommendations for expansion of the model for application in the context of countries with a high human development index that wish to be fully age-friendly. This work is distinctive because of the proposed new age-friendly framework, and the work presented in this paper contributes to the fields of gerontology, geography urban and development, computer science, and gerontechnology.

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“Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model

Marston

Hoof

2019

IJERPH

125

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“…Participants were assigned a unique, anonymized ID that corresponded across all technologies and data collected. As users were completing the balance exergames and additional assessments (Gschwind et al, 2014; Marston, Kroll, Fink, & Eichberg, 2014), their unique ID number was recorded on the system and transferred to the knowledge-based system held at the Austrian Institute for Technology. Users were tracked by a stationery Microsoft Kinect (3-D depth sensor) connected to a smart TV and a senior mobility monitor (SMM) designed and developed by Philips comprising of a 3-D accelerometer, and barometer worn as a necklace (Gschwind et al, 2014).…”

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“…Instructions were presented at the beginning of the game and at the start of each level. Additional information can be found in the study of Marston et al (2014; Marston et al, forthcoming). There are similarities between the three games including the same avatar being used across the three games, the layout/design of the screen (e.g., buttons and information) are placed in the same positions, and when the instructions are provided to the user, the same actors have been employed.…”

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Flow Experience of Older Adults Using the iStoppFalls Exergame

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Knowledge about the experiences of flow by older adults through the engagement of digital games is scarce. This article describes an important element of an international, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial which utilized three purpose-built exergames to facilitate physical activity and to assist with fall prevention of adults aged 65þ years in their homes. Measurement of flow was assessed through the distribution of the Activity Flow State Scale in participants assigned to the intervention group after completion of the trial. Results were analyzed across three areas: study centers, age-groups (50-69 years, 70-78 years, 79-84 years, and 85þ), and gender. A positive trend in results was shown by participants from Valencia and Cologne and by gender. Future work should consider qualitative data collection to complement the quantitative data and to provide an in-depth understanding of users' experiences with exergames.

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“…Marston and colleagues [57,58] provide an extensive overview of the purpose-built exergames: the Bumble Bee Park, Hills ‘n’ Skills and The Bistro exergames (Figure 5). Each exergame incorporated strength and balance exercises from the Otago programme [58], while additional Otago exercises (Figure 6) were integrated into the system under the ‘training programme’ option. Therefore, users were able to continue building their strength and balance in conjunction with the exergames.…”

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A Review of Age Friendly Virtual Assistive Technologies and their Effect on Daily Living for Carers and Dependent Adults

Marston

Samuels

2019

Healthcare

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Many barriers exist in the lives of older adult’s, including health, transport, housing, isolation, disability and access to technology. The appropriate integration of technology within age-friendly communities continues to offer possible solutions to these barriers and challenges. Older adults and disabled people continue to be affected and marginalized due to lack of access to the digital world. Working collaboratively with planners, policy makers and developers, social and living spaces in the future will ensure that residents are equipped to live in an era that continues to be led by, and is dependent upon, access to technology. This review paper uniquely draws together the small volume of literature from the fields of gerontology, gerontechnology, human computer interaction (HCI), and disability. This paper examines the national and international age-friendly frameworks regarding older adults who are carers of dependent people with disabilities.

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Digital Game Aesthetics of the iStoppFalls Exergame

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

“Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model

“Who Doesn’t Think about Technology When Designing Urban Environments for Older People?” A Case Study Approach to a Proposed Extension of the WHO’s Age-Friendly Cities Model

Flow Experience of Older Adults Using the iStoppFalls Exergame

A Review of Age Friendly Virtual Assistive Technologies and their Effect on Daily Living for Carers and Dependent Adults

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