Conducting empirical research with older people

Minocha, Shailey; Hartnett, Elizabeth; Dunn, Kathryn; Evans, Shirley; Heap, Tania; Middup, Christopher Paul; Murphy, Brendan and Roberts, Dave (2013). Conducting empirical research with older people. In: Designing for- and with - vulnerable people, 27 Apr 2013, Paris, France.

URL: http://di.ncl.ac.uk/vulnerability/files/2013/03/Mi...

Abstract

We are investigating the role of online communities on the quality of life and wellbeing of people aged 65 years and over. We have conducted workshops and one-to- one semi-structured interviews, and have had free- flowing informal exchanges with our participants who have shared stories and incidents with us. In this paper, we discuss the challenges and opportunities of conducting empirical research with older people.

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• Workshop at the The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems CHI 2013, 27 April- 2 May 2013
• Keywords
• ageing; conducting research with older people; digital by default; elderly; older people; online communities; senior citizens; service users; social connectedness; social interactions; social networking
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• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Computing and Communications
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