Advancing user-centric design and technology adoption for aging populations: a multifaceted approach.

The global demographic shift toward an aging population necessitates a nuanced approach to developing and adopting assistive technologies tailored for older adults. This paper synthesizes key challenges, strategies, and recommendations identified in addressing the complex landscape of technology adoption and usage among aging populations. User-centric design and co-creation initiatives are vital for developing assistive technologies that meet the needs of older adults.

Digital Competence Among Older Adults: Is Self-Assessment Reliable?

Introduction: Digital technology holds promise for addressing age-related challenges such as diminished physical and cognitive abilities, chronic conditions, and shifts in social connections. Individual proficiency in computer and internet skills influences technology adoption, correlated with advanced usage, positive attitudes, and self-efficacy. Despite extensive research on digital competence among younger demographics, there is a noticeable gap in inclusive design and research for older adults, with existing assessments often overlooking user ability diversity.

Interinstrument Reliability Between the Squegg® Smart Dynamometer and Hand Grip Trainer and the Jamar® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer: A Pilot Study.

Importance: Occupational therapists need dependable and accurate instruments for remote assessments and monitoring of hand functionality. These assessments monitor progress, evaluate interventions, and guide independence goals.

Objective: To assess the interinstrument reliability and concurrent validity of the Squegg® Smart Dynamometer and Hand Grip Trainer and the Jamar® Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer.

The effect of selective retrieval practice on forgetting rates in younger and older adults.

Recent findings demonstrate that selective retrieval practice (SRP), specifically the retrieval of subparts of material, not just retrieval of the entire encoded material, can enhance later memory performance. We present two experiments that investigated whether SRP enhances memory performance among older adults. We also examined to what extent this effect is enhanced by the level of integration of the studied material.

Forgetting in Alzheimer's disease: Is it fast? Is it affected by repeated retrieval?

Objectives: Whether people with Alzheimer's Disease present with accelerated long term forgetting compared to healthy controls is still debated. Typically, accelerated long term forgetting implies testing the same participants repeatedly over several delays. This testing method raises the issue of confounding repetition effects with forgetting rates.

A transcultural cognitive marker of Alzheimer's Disease.

Objective: Temporary binding (TB) is sensitive and specific to Alzheimer's Disease (AD), is not affected by age, repeated testing or level of education. Hence, TB is useful to assess patients with very different socio-cultural backgrounds. However, the current computerised version of the test is not suitable for use in clinical settings.