Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Design and Evaluation of Gameful Communication technologies for Aging
in Place
Agreement Number:
1001222
Agreement Value:
$201,300.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 21, 2023 - Feb 28, 2026
Description:
This project will, through a deep contextual design exercise, design, prototype, and evaluate a suite of gameful technologies that foster discussions about successful aging between older adults, their family, friends, and caregivers. First, the team will examine common sources of miscommunication between older adults and their peers. Second, low-fidelity prototypes will be designed to explore how gameful technology can guide and motivate communication between older adults and their peers. Third, the prototypes will then be collaboratively designed and evaluated through joint design workshops involving the researchers, and older adults and caregivers with lived experience. Finally, a medium-fidelity prototype will be developed to combine successful design features from the joint design workshop for a week-long field study. The research will improve our understanding of how communication technologies can support older adults aging in place and provide design guidance for researchers and practitioners developing such technology.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, CA N2L 3G1
Reference Number:
172-2022-2023-Q4-1001222
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119260685
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Waterloo
Federal Riding Name:
Waterloo
Federal Riding Number:
35112
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710