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Maintaining and managing independent living depends on older adult’s ability to remain safe and healthy. We researched the needs of older adults in connected living spaces to address the issue of forgetfulness to aid aging in place. We conducted formative and evaluative user studies, starting with contextual interviews in home, followed by usability testing of prototypes, and participatory design sessions. Here we discuss the findings, and the design guidelines abstracted from the user studies with older adults. We also reflect on adapting traditional forms of the research methods to better understand the needs of this demographic.
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Aware Home is situated in 479 10th Street NW, Atlanta GA. This facility is a 3-story, 5040 square foot facility designed to facilitate research as a living lab in a real home environment. This is a part of the interdisciplinary research endeavor of the Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI) at Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Upadhyaya, R., Oswall, A., Jones, B. (2018). Addressing the Alerting Needs of Older Adults to Age in Place. In: Ahram, T., Falcão, C. (eds) Advances in Usability and User Experience. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 607. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60492-3_33
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