Keeping in Touch: Tablets Use by Older Adults

KEEPING IN TOUCH:TABLETS USE BY OLDER ADULTS

Dalit Levy Elena SimonovskyZefat Academic College Kibbutzim College of Education

ISRAEL

The purpose of this qualitative study (2012-2013)

was to characterize the lifestyle of the Third Age population

regarding the use of touch-screen technology.

RESEARCH GOAL

Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference | Las Vegas, NV | January 31, 2017

To document actions, behaviors, feelings, and discourse of man and

women aged 65+ while touch-screen technology

enters their daily life.

RESEARCH GOAL


RATIONAL: 2 SOCIO-CULTURAL TRENDS

1-The Digital Revolution

The world of technology, communications, society, culture, and education is

undergoing extensive transformations that

deeply influence all of us.







2-The gradual increaseof the older population

We are witnessing a remarkable increase in

longevity that has led to an aging population.


2 - CURRENT AGING MODELS



Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L (1999). Successful Aging, In K. Dychtwald (ed.). Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions, Gaithersburg, Maryland: Aspen, 27-44.

Kinsella, K.,& Phillips, D. (2005). Global aging: The challenge of success. Population Bulletin, 60(1), 5–42.

Cohen, G. (2006). Research on Creativity and Aging: The Positive Impact of the Arts on Health and Illness. Generations, 30(1), 7–15.

Nimrod, G., & Kleiber, D. (2007). Reconsidering Change and Continuity in Later Life: Toward an Innovation Theory of Successful Aging, The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 65(1), 1–22.

Rudman, D. L (2006). Positive aging and its implications for occupational possibilities in later life, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(3), 188-192.

Adams, K. B., Leibbrandt, S., & Moon, H. (2010). A critical review of the literature on social and leisure activity and wellbeing in later life. Ageing and Society, 31(4), 683–712.



Rowe, J. W., & Kahn, R. L (1999). Successful Aging, In K. Dychtwald (ed.). Healthy Aging: Challenges and Solutions, Gaithersburg, Maryland: Aspen, 27-44.

Kinsella, K.,& Phillips, D. (2005). Global aging: The challenge of success. Population Bulletin, 60(1), 5–42.

Cohen, G. (2006). Research on Creativity and Aging: The Positive Impact of the Arts on Health and Illness. Generations, 30(1), 7–15.

Nimrod, G., & Kleiber, D. (2007). Reconsidering Change and Continuity in Later Life: Toward an Innovation Theory of Successful Aging, The International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 65(1), 1–22.

Rudman, D. L (2006). Positive aging and its implications for occupational possibilities in later life, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 73(3), 188-192.

Adams, K. B., Leibbrandt, S., & Moon, H. (2010). A critical review of the literature on social and leisure activity and wellbeing in later life. Ageing and Society, 31(4), 683–712.

The literature seldom refers to aging in the digital age, hence the importance of this study



Positive Aging combines all of these models and theories and presents us with a strategic policy

for achieving the optimal conditions for the Third Age population, to encourage their positive

involvement in social and economic life.


1-THE INTERNET AND THE DIGITAL WORLD

WWW a method for computers to communicate between themselves




WEB2.0 a tool of communication between individuals




WEB2.0 a tool of communication between individuals

WORLD2.0 a global, complex space that is full of human computer

interactions, artificial interactions and interpersonal interactions



The third age population group is an integral part of this hyperlinked system.


1-THE INTERNET AND THE DIGITAL WORLD+

2-THE INCREASE IN OLDER POPULATION

The third age population group is an integral part of this hyperlinked system.


To document actions, behaviors, feelings, and discourse of man and

women aged 65+ while touch-screen technology

enters their daily life.

RESEARCH GOAL


METHODParticipants

Nine males and females ages 65+ who have been using tablet computers for no more than 2 years, and one young iPad applications developer.


METHOD

"Meet Vasia, our new family member… I was mad at him at first. We said, wait until he stops playing with it, until he has had enough, but he didn't stop, and we had to enlarge the family to include Vasia. We now welcome it, knowing for sure that my husband is more with Vasia than with us" (interview on June 14, 2013).


METHODTools

Ethnographic observations at the homes of the participants and in-depth interviews with them.


METHODTools

Ethnographic observations at the homes of the participants and in-depth interviews with them.

The use of qualitative tools allows documentation of the natural activities of an elderly person while maintaining her/his authentic voice.


METHODTools

Ethnographic observations at the homes of the participants and in-depth interviews with them.• The use of qualitative tools allows

documentation of the natural activities of an elderly person while maintaining her/his authentic voice.

• The inductive analysis allows for this authentic voice to emerge as emic categories of a grounded theory.


ANALYSIS

"Meet Vasia, our new family member… I was mad at him at first. We said, wait until he stops playing with it, until he has had enough, but he didn't stop, and we had to enlarge the family to include Vasia. We now welcome it, knowing for sure that my husband is more with Vasia than with us" (interview on June 14, 2013).

Activity


. ס'מטאבלועכשיו אני מאוד מרוצה , ממנופחדתי בהתחלה אני "בת -התחלתי מאותם משחקים שהיו לי במחשב הגדול . התרגלתי אליו, כל מיני משחקי חשיבה ותשבציםכך -אחר, קלפים. שלי סידרה לי

. בהתחלה דפקתי עם האצבע חזק על המסך וכמה פעמים...ספרים-ואני נוגעת בו בעדינות , עכשיו התרגלתי. חשבתי שאני לא עושה נכון

אני , ס'בטאבלמצליחה לסיים משחק של תשבץ אני אם .אותיוהוא מבין (30.05.13ראיון )."זה חתיכת אושר בחיים שלי. מאוד שמחה

Activity LearningIndependence

Barriers


ANALYSIS

“At first I was afraid of him, and now I am very satisfied from ‘tab-les’… at first I pressed hard with my finger on the screen, I thought I am doing it wrong… Now I touch it gently and he understands me” (interview on May 30, 2013).


ANALYSIS?

“At first I was afraid of him, and now I am very satisfied from ‘tab-les’… at first I pressed hard with my finger on the screen, I thought I am doing it wrong… Now I touch (*) it gently and he understands me” (interview on May 30, 2013).


AN·THRO·PO·MOR·PHIZE

ANALYSIS

“I managed to make them (his son & daughter) interested in computers. They both have successful careers. My daughter works in cyber-security in the UK, and my son is a senior in an Israeli cellular phone company. Back then, I have been their advisor. Now I’m using their advise. Its upside down now… I just don’t to be fully dependent on them” (interview on July 31, 2013).

Activity LearningIndependence

Barriers


Independence

ANALYSIS

RESULTS

Activity Learning


RESULTS

Independence Barriers


RESULTS

Independence Barriers

The findings describe people who are:• active• open to technological changes

And who incorporate their tablets into everyday life, enabling:• ease of searching for and reading information• social, family, & professional communication• time management and leisure in "World 2.0“

Activity Learning


RESULTS

Independence BarriersActivity Learning

The data also introduce compensation for old-age losses, reduction of social gaps, higher mobility and social involvement and ultimately happiness.

These findings shatter the prejudices regarding old age and aging as a limitation.


Independence

Barriers

Activity

Learning

AGING MODEL 2.0

From the qualitative analysis emerged a structure weaving the four categories into one model.


AGING MODEL 2.0From the qualitative analysis emerged a structure weaving the four categories into one model.


AGING MODEL 2.0The proposed emergent model can be added to

the existing framework of aging models


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