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• Breaking Barriers: Co-Designing Physical Activity Promoting Technologies with Older Adults Living Alone

  Muhe Yang, Karyn Moffatt · 2025 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This study investigates why physical activity (PA) promoting technologies fail to meet the needs of older adults living alone, and how technology might better support their exercise engagement. The researchers conducted a multi-stage design process with 17 inactive older adults…

  aging · co-design · physical activity · social support · older adults

• Exploring the Strategies People with Parkinson's Disease Use to Self-track Symptoms and Medications

  Charlotte Tang, Imrul K. Shuva, Matthew Thelen, Linda Zhu, Nathaniel S. Miller · 2024 · ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing

  This qualitative study investigates how people with Parkinson's Disease (PwPD) track their symptoms, medications, and physical activities, with the goal of informing inclusive design of self-tracking technologies. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 26…

  Parkinson's disease · self-tracking · chronic illness · health technology · inclusive design

• What Health Topics Older Adults Want to Track: A Participatory Design Study

  Jennifer L. Davidson, Carlos Jensen · 2013 · Proceedings of the 15th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '13)

  This paper presents a participatory design study investigating what health topics older adults (aged 65+) want to track using mobile health (mHealth) applications. The authors argue that most mHealth app developers fail to conduct needs assessments with older adult end users,…

  older adults · aging · participatory design · mHealth · mobile accessibility

• Low-Cost Accelerometry-Based Posture Monitoring System for Stroke Survivors

  Sonia Arteaga, Jessica Chevalier, Andrew Coile, Andrew William Hill, Serdar Sali, Sangheeta Sudhakhrisnan, Sri H. Kurniawan · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This paper from the University of California Santa Cruz reports a low-cost wearable posture monitoring system for stroke survivors, costing approximately $100 for the full prototype. Stroke patients are believed to benefit from maintaining good posture during early…

  stroke rehabilitation · wearable technology · accelerometer · posture monitoring · physical therapy

• Technology Devices for Older Adults to Aid Self Management of Chronic Health Conditions

  Amritpal Singh Bhachu, Nicolas Hine, John Arnott · 2008 · Proceedings of the 10th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (Assets '08)

  This University of Dundee study investigates older adults' opinions and attitudes toward technology devices that could be used as part of a telecare system for self-managing chronic health conditions. The research was conducted through technology evaluation workshops with a…

  aging · telecare · self-management · health technology · older adults

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