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Technology and the Good Life: Challenges for Current and Future Generations of Aging People

Technology and the Good Life: Challenges for Current and Future Generations of Aging People CHAPTER 10 Technology and the Good Life: Challenges for Current and Future Generations of Aging People HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF GERMAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON AGING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG JAMES L. FOZARD FLORIDA GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING SERVICES, PALM HARBOR t a rapidly increasing rate, technology has proliferated into all domains of private and public life, both in the form of new prod- Aucts and in the electronic user interfaces of contemporary versions of familiar products. Technologies have become an essential part of the environment in the domain of industrial manufacturing and the organiza- tion of work, the creation and communication of information, and the rationalization of services and interactions between producers and con- sumers. The impact of technology on the private everyday world in which aging individuals live is also growing constantly. As pointed out by Lawton (1998), the changing interactions between persons and their (mechanized) environments can either support or deter persons in their activities. The way older people lead their daily lives and take part in society can be facilitated or complicated by continuing developments in household technology, residential infrastructure, public and private means of transportation, communications technologies, rehabilitation aids, and the increasing automation of services, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Gerontology & Geriatrics Springer Publishing

Technology and the Good Life: Challenges for Current and Future Generations of Aging People

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Springer Publishing
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0198-8794
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1944-4036
DOI
10.1891/0198-8794.23.1.250
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CHAPTER 10 Technology and the Good Life: Challenges for Current and Future Generations of Aging People HEIDRUN MOLLENKOPF GERMAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON AGING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG JAMES L. FOZARD FLORIDA GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING SERVICES, PALM HARBOR t a rapidly increasing rate, technology has proliferated into all domains of private and public life, both in the form of new prod- Aucts and in the electronic user interfaces of contemporary versions of familiar products. Technologies have become an essential part of the environment in the domain of industrial manufacturing and the organiza- tion of work, the creation and communication of information, and the rationalization of services and interactions between producers and con- sumers. The impact of technology on the private everyday world in which aging individuals live is also growing constantly. As pointed out by Lawton (1998), the changing interactions between persons and their (mechanized) environments can either support or deter persons in their activities. The way older people lead their daily lives and take part in society can be facilitated or complicated by continuing developments in household technology, residential infrastructure, public and private means of transportation, communications technologies, rehabilitation aids, and the increasing automation of services,

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Annual Review of Gerontology & GeriatricsSpringer Publishing

Published: Nov 1, 2003

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