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Older adults’ awareness, motivation, and behavior changes by wearable activity trackers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic 在 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间，可穿戴活动追踪器对老年人的意识、动机和行为变化的影响

Gerontechnology Pub Date : 2024-02-10 DOI: 10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.842.02

X. Gu, Sahar Hamido, Kenji Itoh

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Digital divide: Knowledge, attitudes and practices toward mobile phone and apps use among Indonesian older adults residing in a megapolitan city 数字鸿沟：居住在特大城市的印度尼西亚老年人使用手机和应用程序的知识、态度和实践

Gerontechnology Pub Date : 2024-02-10 DOI: 10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.845.03

P. Laksmi, A. A. Dinakrisma, Teofilus Abdiel, A. P. Susanto, Arierta Pujitresnani, Arya Ananda Indrajaya Lukmana, P. A. Yusuf

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Older adults’ awareness, motivation, and behavior changes by wearable activity trackers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic 在 COVID-19 大流行之前和期间，可穿戴活动追踪器对老年人的意识、动机和行为变化的影响

Gerontechnology Pub Date : 2024-02-10 DOI: 10.4017/gt.2024.23.1.842.02

X. Gu, Sahar Hamido, Kenji Itoh

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Profile of ISG Grandmaster Anthea Tinker CBE, PhD, FKC, AcSS, FRSA ISG大师Anthea Tinker CBE博士的简介，fkc，acss，frsa

Gerontechnology Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.six.08

A. Sixsmith

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Wearables, sensors and the future of technology to detect and infer loneliness in older adults 可穿戴设备、传感器和未来检测和推断老年人孤独感的技术

Gerontechnology Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.ree.08

J. Rees, F. Matcham, Freya Probst, S. Ourselin, Yu Shi, M. Antonelli, A. Tinker, Wei Liu

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Understanding the needs of older adults learning to use digital home assistants: A demonstration study 了解老年人学习使用数字家庭助理的需求:一项示范研究

Gerontechnology Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.4017/gt.2023.22.2.blo.08

Kenneth Blocker, T. Kadylak, W. Rogers