Design Challenges for Reconnecting in Later Life: A Qualitative Study
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2018-05-31Author
Ibarra, Francisco
Kowalik, Grzegorz
Baez, Marcos
Nielek, Radosław
Lau Sánchez, Norma Celina
Cernuzzi, Luca
Casati, Fabio
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Friendships and social interactions are renown contributors
to wellbeing. As such, keeping a healthy amount of relationships becomes very important as people age and the
size of their social network tends to decrease. In this paper, we take a step back and explore reconnection —find
out about or re-contact old friends, an emerging topic due
to the increased use of computer-mediated technology by
older adults to maintain friendships and form new ones. We
report on our findings from semi-structured interviews with
28 individuals from Costa Rica and Poland. The interviews
aimed to explore whether there is a wish to reconnect, and
the challenges encountered by older adults to reconnect.
We contribute with design considerations for tools allowing older adults to reconnect, discussing opportunities for
technology
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