Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place

201519,720 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

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Sebastiaan Theodorus Michaël Peek · Tilburg University

Katrien Luijkx · Tilburg University

M. D. Rijnaard · Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Marianne Nieboer · Fontys University of Applied Sciences

C. S. van der Voort · Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Sil Aarts · Fontys University of Applied Sciences

Joost van Hoof

Abstract

Older adults' perceptions and use of technology are embedded in their personal, social, and physical context. Awareness of these psychological and contextual factors is needed in order to facilitate aging in place through the use of technology. A conceptual model covering these factors is presented.

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Technology Use by Older Adults Health disparities and outcomes Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

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Published in: Gerontology

Volume 62, Issue 2, pp. 226-237

DOI: 10.1159/000430949

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 6684.25

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