THE TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES IN EVERYDAY LIFE FOR THE ELDERLY

• Main Authors: Oya HAZER, Sevinc SANLI
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Social Sciences Research Society 2010-07-01
• Series: International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies
• Online Access: http://www.sobiad.org/ejournals/journal_IJSS/arhieves/2010_2/11oya_hazer.pdf

Rapidly developing technology is changing the nature of work, the form and scope of both mass and interpersonal communications, the goals and settings of education and leisure activities, and most aspects of everyday life. Technology has th e potential to make life easier, to support communication with family and friends , to assist with health care, and to enable individuals to remain safe and functionally independent in their own homes. Increasingly , many older people live alone. Successful independent living requires older adults to be capable of performing basiz activities of daily living such as bathing, toileting, and eating ,as well as more instrumental activities of daily living such as managing a medication regimen , maintaining the household , and preparing nutritious meals. Existence as an independently living, active older adult may also require willingness to accept new changes and to engage in lifelong learning. While it is true that older adults are slower to adopt many new technologies and typically require more training to learn to use them. To integration of technology for the elderly; the technological design of products should be ensured according to the capabilities of the elderly. For the elderly appropriate training must be provided , elderly users' needs should be taken into consideration in th e development of future technologies.