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Increasing the opportunities for aging in place
CUU '00 Proceedings on the 2000 conference on Universal Usability
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
'TSUNAGARI' communication: fostering a feeling of connection between family members
CHI '02 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
An open agent architecture for assisting elder independence
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A modern role for the village elders
CHI '99 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Digital Family Portrait Field Trial: Support for Aging in Place
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The sense lounger: establishing a ubicomp beachhead in elders' homes
CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
A prototype on RFID and sensor networks for elder healthcare: progress report
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Experimental approaches to wireless network design and analysis
Social Networks as Health Feedback Displays
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Age invaders: social and physical inter-generational family entertainment
CHI '06 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Sensing from the basement: a feasibility study of unobtrusive and low-cost home activity recognition
UIST '06 Proceedings of the 19th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology
Where to, Roberta?: reflecting on the role of technology in assisted living
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Shared family calendars: Promoting symmetry and accessibility
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Virtual box: supporting mediated family intimacy through virtual and physical play
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Assistive robotics and an ecology of elders living independently in their homes
Human-Computer Interaction
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Interacting with Computers
Locating family values: a field trial of the whereabouts clock
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MarkerClock: a communicating augmented clock for elderly
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Desiring to be in touch in a changing communications landscape: attitudes of older adults
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"A little silly and empty-headed": older adults' understandings of social networking sites
Proceedings of the 23rd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Celebrating People and Technology
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Playful persuasion to support older adults' social and physical activities
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Creative personal projects of the elderly as active engagements with interactive media technology
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Designing a touch screen communication device to support social interaction amongst older adults
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Designing social networking sites for older adults
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Pervasive Computing for Hospital, Chronic, and Preventive Care
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Capturing seniors' requirements for assistive robots by the use of attention cards
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Agile life: addressing knowledge and social motivations for active aging
Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Actively engaging older adults in the development and evaluation of tablet technology
Proceedings of the 24th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference
Ambient Awareness to Strengthen the Family Social Network of Older Adults
Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Older adults as digital content producers
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Enriching in-person encounters through social media: A study on family connectedness for the elderly
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Designing a travel companion for mature age
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Dispelling ageing myths in technology design
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Computer Supported Cooperative Work
Similarity awareness: Using context sensing to support connectedness in intra-family communication
Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments - Design and Deployment of Intelligent Environments
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We present a review of literature from the fields of gerontology, HCI and human factors, which focus on the nature of family and peer relationships in old age. We find both simplistic, prevailing models of what it means to be old, as well as deeper insights which often belie these models. In addition, we discover that new technologies are often also based on quite simple assumptions, but that their deployment points to a more complex reality. This paper considers a number of perspectives on relationships in later life, critiques the assumptions underscoring them, and presents an alternative view which we believe is more in line with the perspective of elderly people themselves. We end by discussing what this means in terms of designing new technologies for older people.