Increasing the opportunities for aging in place
CUU '00 Proceedings on the 2000 conference on Universal Usability
CUU '00 Proceedings on the 2000 conference on Universal Usability
Digital Family Portrait Field Trial: Support for Aging in Place
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
User study on older adults’ use of the Web and search engines
Universal Access in the Information Society
Shared family calendars: Promoting symmetry and accessibility
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI)
Investigating the problems faced by older adults and people with disabilities in online environments
Behaviour & Information Technology
How older people account for their experiences with interactive technology
Behaviour & Information Technology - Designing Computer Systems for and with Older Users
Gust of Me: Reconnecting Mother and Son
IEEE Pervasive Computing
Older people and mobile phones: A multi-method investigation
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
Exploring communication and sharing between extended families
International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
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
Designing for elders: exploring the complexity of relationships in later life
BCS-HCI '08 Proceedings of the 22nd British HCI Group Annual Conference on People and Computers: Culture, Creativity, Interaction - Volume 1
Digital circles of support: Meeting the information needs of older people
Computers in Human Behavior
"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
Creative personal projects of the elderly as active engagements with interactive media technology
C&C '11 Proceedings of the 8th ACM conference on Creativity and cognition
Computers in Human Behavior
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More and more people entering the stage of retirement at around age 55-65 are healthy, active, and also very computer-literate. This trend is rapidly changing the common image of late-midlife technology users, which rests on the assumption that they find it difficult to embrace new technologies and also that their main interests are health related. Although technology use and lifestyles are changing, however, many other aspects of life remain the same. One of these aspects is that of the transitions, or life changes, that generally take place in these years. Besides retirement, these transitions include changes in health, housing, social interaction, work life, and personal finance. People develop different ways of coping with these transitions, which brings up interesting issues related to the late midlife stage. This paper presents a diary-aided interview study of late middle-age adults (N=24) in Finland and Sweden with a focus on the interplay between technologies and transitions. Transitions were found to play a part in how the life interests of late middle-aged persons are often conflictive, forcing them to choose from among various 'possible selves'. At its best, technology can help alleviate these tensions. This finding is exemplified in the paper's discussion of two design implications associated with particular clashes of interests, related to how daily activities are organized and how contact is maintained with one's friends and family.