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Community Response Grids for Older Adults: Motivations, Usability, and Sociability

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: This paper discusses the motivation for a Community Response Grid (CRG) to help older adults improve their capability for coping with emergency situations.We define and discuss the concept of a CRG, briefly review the limits of current emergency response systems, and identify usability and sociability guidelines for CRGs for older adults based on existing research.The paper ends with a call to action and suggestions for future research directions.

Source: Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Authors: Philip Fei Wu, Jenny Preece, Ben Shneiderman, Paul T. Jaeger, Yan Qu

Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

Language: English

Topic: Technology Use by Older Adults

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1485734581

FWCI: 5.27

Cites: 42

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10