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Universal access to mobile telephony as a way to enhance the autonomy of elderly people
Autor/es | Abascal, Julio
Civit Balcells, Antón |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores |
Fecha de publicación | 2001-05 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-03-01 |
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ISBN/ISSN | 978-1-58113-424-7 |
Resumen | The rise of mobile telephony has opened a vast diversity of new opportunities for older people with different levels of physical restrictions due to ageing. Mobile technology allows not only ubiquitous communications but ... The rise of mobile telephony has opened a vast diversity of new opportunities for older people with different levels of physical restrictions due to ageing. Mobile technology allows not only ubiquitous communications but also anytime access to some services that are vital for elderly people's security and autonomy. Nevertheless, with the numerous advantages, remote services can also introduce important social and ethical risks for this group of users. This paper tries to analyse the novelties that mobile technology may introduce into the lives of older users, points out some dangers and challenges arising from the use of these technologies and revises some future applications of the present mobile technologies. |
Agencias financiadoras | Ministerio de Ciencia Y Tecnología (MCYT). España |
Identificador del proyecto | TIC2001-1868-C03-03 |
Cita | Abascal, J. y Civit Balcells, A. (2001). Universal access to mobile telephony as a way to enhance the autonomy of elderly people. En WUAUC'01: Proceedings of the 2001 EC/NSF workshop on Universal accessibility of ubiquitous computing: providing for the elderly (93-99), Alcácer do Sal (Portugal): ACM Digital Library. |
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