使用技术来支持老年人认知多样性的使用
Sara J Czaja1, Walter R Boot1, Neil Charness1
1Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
The Gerontologist
|June 14, 2025
概括
技术可以支持老年人的各种认知能力,从正常的衰老到痴呆症. 以用户为中心的设计确保了技术满足不同认知特征和背景的各种需求.
科学领域:
- 老年学和认知科学 认知学和认知科学
- 人与计算机的交互
- 辅助技术 辅助技术 辅助技术
背景情况:
- 老年人表现出显著的认知多样性,从正常的年龄相关变化到轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 和严重痴呆症.
- 认知障碍 (CIs) 源于各种疾病,包括阿尔茨海默病,中风,帕金森病和创伤性脑损伤.
- 解决认知多样性和健康差异需要在制定支持策略时采取包容性方法.
研究的目的:
- 展示技术应用如何为老年人提供认知支持,跨越认知功能全方位.
- 突出来自ENHANCE和CREATE中心的关于技术解决方案的研究,以支持衰老中的认知.
- 呈现以用户为中心的设计框架,强调用户特征,环境背景和多样化的用户纳入.
主要方法:
- 审查正在进行的技术为老年人提供认知支持的研究.
- 应用以用户为中心的设计框架.
- 在设计和评估过程中包括多样化的用户群体.
主要成果:
- 技术应用在支持具有不同认知能力和条件的老年人方面表现有前途.
- 以用户为中心的设计原则对于开发有效和可访问的认知支持技术至关重要.
- 像ENHANCE和CREATE这样的研究中心正在推动这些技术的开发和评估.
结论:
- 技术可以量身定制,在认知衰老的连续过程中提供有效的认知支持.
- 跨界,以用户为中心的方法对于为多样化的老年人群提供公平的技术开发至关重要.
- 需要持续的研究和开发,以确保技术有利于所有老年人,无论他们的认知状态或背景.
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