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Location tracking
— views from the older adult population | | Author(s) | Lisa Thomas, Linda Little, Pam Briggs |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 42, no 6, November 2013 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, November 2013 |
| Pages | pp 758-763 |
| Source | www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org |
| Keywords | Electronic alarm systems ; Assistive technology ; Usage [services] ; Attitude ; Quantitative studies ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | There has been a rise in the use of social media applications that allow people to see where friends, family and nearby services are located. While uptake has been high for younger people, adoption by older adults is relatively slow, despite the potential health and social benefits. In this paper, the authors explore the barriers to acceptance of location-based services (LBS) in a community of older adults. Eighty-six older adults used LBS for one week and completed pre- and post-use questionnaires. Twenty available volunteers from the study also completed in-depth interviews after their experience using the LBS technology. The pre-use questionnaire identified perceptions of usefulness, individual privacy and visibility as predictive of intentions to use a location-tracking service. Post-use, perceived risk was the only factor to predict intention to use LBS. Interviews with participants revealed that LBS was primarily seen as an assistive technology and that issues of trust and privacy were important. The findings suggest older adults struggle to see the benefits of LBS and have a number of privacy concerns likely to inhibit future uptake of location-tracking services and devices. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-131115206 A |
| Classmark | OV:YA6: M: QLD: DP: 3DQ: 3DP |
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