INVITATION: An elderly friendly ict-enabled interactive installation to promote social participation

Abstract

Many countries are facing significant challenges posed by aging populations, and many of these elderly people are increasingly socially isolated, raising the need to developsenior-friendly services and settings for community life.ICT-enabledtechnologiescan be used to help the elderly maintain adequate degrees of social participation. This paper reports the design and production of an innovative recreation installation featuring elderly friendly technologies to enhance the social livesof elderly Chinese people.The contents arecomposed of modernizedvisualization elements of traditional Chinese paintingdesigned to engage elderly Chinese people and promoteinteraction and participation.