Supporting information needs of senior citizens in community aged care


Autoria(s): Nguyen, Lemai; Evans, Shaheen; Wilde, William; Shanks, Graeme
Contribuinte(s)

[Unknown]

Data(s)

01/01/2010

Resumo

To address the challenge of an ageing population in an information society, it is important to introduce information systems to assist the aged people in maintaining and improving their quality of life. An understanding of what information aged people need, how they seek and use information, and how they adopt Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is required. This paper reports the findings of an empirical study undertaken in Australia to understand the information needs of senior citizens who reside in the community. The study aims to understand how ICT can support the independent living of senior people in the community from both the social and health perspectives. We offer a new understanding of the information needs of aged people in the community and extend the information systems research in aged care. This research also contributes to the development of innovative ICT enabled aged care service solutions in community aged care.<br />

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30032216

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

ACIS

Relação

http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30032216/nguyen-supportinginformation-2010.pdf

http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30032216/nguyen-supportinginformation-evidence-2010.pdf

http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2010/7/

Direitos

2010, The Authors

Palavras-Chave #Aged Care #Health Informatics #Information needs #Information behaviours
Tipo

Conference Paper