Jake Andrews |
Last week
saw gerontologists from across the world gather in Stirling for the annual
British Society of Gerontology (BSG) conference. Along with colleagues PeterCudd and Surinder Bangar from the RAT group, Jake Andrews attended and
presented his work on older adults’ views of technology to support mental health
in later life.
The
conference took place over three days, with keynote speeches on the economics
of brexit and gerontology (Professor David Bell), empowering people with
dementia through discussion of art (Professor Heidi Hamilton), and the effect
of green space on older adults’ wellbeing (Professor Catharine Ward Thompson).
Jake’s
presentation took place in a session dedicated to technology for later life. He
detailed how he had used iterative and interactive group activities to enable
older adults to reflect on the use of apps, websites and computer programmes to
support their mental health. Interesting findings included that older adults
saw mental health difficulties as demotivating for the use of new technologies,
and that extensive support would be required from service providers if
particular apps were to be used with an older adult user group.
Written by Jake Andrews (@JandrewsTHAW)
Written by Jake Andrews (@JandrewsTHAW)
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