Communication and the Elderly

Anna Dickinson
Applied Computing, University of Dundee, Dundee
adickinson@computing.dundee.ac.uk

Successful communication is central to wellbeing for the elderly; if we are to develop systems to support them we must investigate the context of people’s current communication. In this preliminary study 8 older people were interviewed about communication. Qualitative results are reported and areas of further research are suggested.

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