TY - GEN
T1 - Never stop creating
T2 - 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2019
AU - Wang, Xiying
AU - Knearem, Tiffany
AU - Carroll, John M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank our anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and helpful suggestions. We would also like to thank all the voluntary participants for sharing their stories with us. This work is supported by National Science Foundation Smart and Connected Health Program under Grant No.5102176.
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PY - 2019/5/20
Y1 - 2019/5/20
N2 - Participation in activities of personal interest and passion facilitates older adults’ health and well-being. In this study, we investigated older adults’ experiences related to their engagement and development of personal interests. We found out that older adults actively generated creative concepts and turned those ideas into innovative activities and artifacts, which positively revitalized a community, sustained an organization, and supported other people. Although any activity may be beneficial for older adults’ health and well-being, we argue that everyday innovations play a particularly important role, and present an important opportunity to enhance their quality of life. We conclude by proposing design strategies to support everyday innovations to promote healthy aging.
AB - Participation in activities of personal interest and passion facilitates older adults’ health and well-being. In this study, we investigated older adults’ experiences related to their engagement and development of personal interests. We found out that older adults actively generated creative concepts and turned those ideas into innovative activities and artifacts, which positively revitalized a community, sustained an organization, and supported other people. Although any activity may be beneficial for older adults’ health and well-being, we argue that everyday innovations play a particularly important role, and present an important opportunity to enhance their quality of life. We conclude by proposing design strategies to support everyday innovations to promote healthy aging.
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U2 - 10.1145/3329189.3329192
DO - 10.1145/3329189.3329192
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85067834970
T3 - PervasiveHealth: Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
SP - 111
EP - 118
BT - Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, PervasiveHealth 2019
PB - ICST
Y2 - 20 May 2019 through 23 May 2019
ER -