Process and Information Needs When Searching for and Selecting Apps for Smoking Cessation: Qualitative Study Using Contextual Inquiry.

Background: Hundreds of apps are available to support people in their quest to quit smoking. It has been hypothesized that selecting an app from a sizable volume without any aid can be overwhelming and difficult. However, little is known about how people choose apps for smoking cessation and what exactly people want to know about an app before choosing to install it.

Attitudes towards a sensor-feedback technology in gait rehabilitation of patients after stroke.

Introduction: Intensive gait training is important for effective rehabilitation of people after stroke. "Stappy" is a sensor-feedback system that provides real-time feedback on the persons gait pattern/performance during training. The main aim of this study was to assess attitudes towards "Stappy" in people after stroke to practise walking performance independently at home.

Predictors of Seniors' Interest in Assistive Applications on Smartphones: Evidence from a Population-Based Survey in Slovenia.

Assistive applications (apps) on smartphones could contribute to a better quality of life for seniors living independently at home. At present, there is a lack of empirical evidence of seniors' acceptance of such apps. The Cycle of Technology Acquirement by Independent-Living Seniors (C-TAILS) model was recently proposed for studying the interplay between acceptance factors by integrating the personal, social and technological domains of seniors' daily lives.

Everyday life after a hip fracture: what community-living older adults perceive as most beneficial for their recovery.

Objective: to gain insight into what older adults after hip fracture perceive as most beneficial to their recovery to everyday life.

Design: qualitative research approach.

Setting: six skilled nursing facilities.

The Challenges of Urban Ageing: Making Cities Age-Friendly in Europe.

Urban ageing is an emerging domain that deals with the population of older people living in cities. The ageing of society is a positive yet challenging phenomenon, as population ageing and urbanisation are the culmination of successful human development. One could argue whether the city environment is an ideal place for people to grow old and live at an old age compared to rural areas.

Matching gerontechnologies to independent-living seniors' individual needs: development of the GTM tool.

Background: Most seniors wish to live independently for as long as possible. Gerontechnologies such as personal alarms or remote control systems, have the potential to help them age in place. For seniors, assessing what is the most appropriate technology for their aging in place needs can be difficult.

Diversity in Older Adults' Use of the Internet: Identifying Subgroups Through Latent Class Analysis.

Background: As for all individuals, the Internet is important in the everyday life of older adults. Research on older adults' use of the Internet has merely focused on users versus nonusers and consequences of Internet use and nonuse. Older adults are a heterogeneous group, which may implicate that their use of the Internet is diverse as well.

What it Takes to Successfully Implement Technology for Aging in Place: Focus Groups With Stakeholders.

Background: There is a growing interest in empowering older adults to age in place by deploying various types of technology (ie, eHealth, ambient assisted living technology, smart home technology, and gerontechnology). However, initiatives aimed at implementing these technologies are complicated by the fact that multiple stakeholder groups are involved. Goals and motives of stakeholders may not always be transparent or aligned, yet research on convergent and divergent positions of stakeholders is scarce.

"Grandma, You Should Do It--It's Cool" Older Adults and the Role of Family Members in Their Acceptance of Technology.

Despite its potential, the acceptance of technology to support the ability to live independently in one's own home, also called aging in place, is not optimal. Family members may play a key role in technology acceptance by older adults; however, it is not well understood why and how they exert influence. Based on open interviews with 53 community-dwelling older adults, this paper describes the influence of family members, including spouses, on the use of various types of consumer electronics by older adults as was reported by themselves.

Older Adults' Reasons for Using Technology while Aging in Place.

Background: Most older adults prefer to age in place, and supporting older adults to remain in their own homes and communities is also favored by policy makers. Technology can play a role in staying independent, active and healthy. However, the use of technology varies considerably among older adults.

[Using the RAND-36 among community-dwelling older adults can lead to an underestimation of self-reported health].

The overall health status of the population is often measured by RAND-36 item Health Survey. In 2012, Fontys and partners started a longitudinal field study in the Netherlands. This study is aimed at identifying factors that influence the use of technology by elderly individuals in order to increase independent living.

Factors influencing acceptance of technology for aging in place: a systematic review.

Purpose: To provide an overview of factors influencing the acceptance of electronic technologies that support aging in place by community-dwelling older adults. Since technology acceptance factors fluctuate over time, a distinction was made between factors in the pre-implementation stage and factors in the post-implementation stage.

Methods: A systematic review of mixed studies.