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Technology for older adults: Interaction instead of sensors (ITA Dossier No.53en, March 2021)

Since 2008, assistive technology has been systematically promoted within the framework of European research. The main aim is to enable older people over the age of 60 to live autonomously in their homes for longer and to significantly increase their quality of life by providing support in the most important areas of daily life, e.g. mobility, health, and social integration. What is required for technical aids to be accepted by older adults? Numerous studies have shown that ease of use and handling are important. However, it is important to be sensitive to peoples’ ”perceived age” and to avoid relating assistive devices to helplessness. Although the life phase of getting older includes just as much diversity as all other stages of life, it is not perceived as such by many and often prone to simplifications. Consequently, assistive technology is usually not considered desirable because it is associated with a predominantly negative concept of ”being old”. If growing older is characterised by deficits, this may then lead to a reluctance in dealing with the emerging changes connected to this stage of life. This represents a significant obstacle to the successful use of products specifically designed to help older people. Yet, because they appeal to an older target audience, they are rejected