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Why Does IT Support Enjoyment of Elderly Life? - Case Studies Performed in Japan

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In order to support elderly people to remain activate in communicating with their families and friends, we are developing always-on communications systems that are based on the exchange of indirect information, the videophone, and touch panel displays. Two field experiments were conducted with elderly people in Japan. One of the experiments was conducted between families members, while the other was performed between elderly people and social workers. The results show that IT can support the enjoyment of elderly life.

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  1. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Co. 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka City 239-0847, Japan

    Kaori Fujimura, Hitomi Sato, Kenichiro Shimokura, Yoshihiro Itoh, Setsuko Murata, Kenji Ogura, Takumi Watanabe & Yuichi Fujino

  2. NTT Resonant Inc. 2-2 Otemachi 2-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan

    Takayoshi Mochizuki & Kubo Koichiro

  3. NTT IT Co. 2-9-1 Furo-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama City 231-0032, Japan

    Toshiaki Tsuboi

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  1. Kaori Fujimura
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Fujimura, K. et al. (2007). Why Does IT Support Enjoyment of Elderly Life? - Case Studies Performed in Japan. In: Jacko, J.A. (eds) Human-Computer Interaction. Interaction Design and Usability. HCI 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4550. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73105-4_83

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