Designing Technology Training for Older Adults in Continuing Care Retirement Communities

This book shows how to design and implement a technology training program for older adults in continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). It concentrates on providing best practices for CCRC owners, CEOs, and activity directors, as well as practitioners and system designers working with older adults to enhance their quality of life. Educators studying older adults also will find this book useful. Additionally, the book has broader-based implications for training older adults on how to use computers, tablets, and other technologies.

This book provides the latest research and design-based recommendations for how to design and implement a technology training program for older adults in Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). The approach in the book concentrates on providing useful best practices for CCRC owners, CEOs, activity directors, as well as practitioners and system designers working with older adults to enhance their quality of life. Educators studying older adults will also find this book useful Although the guidelines are couched in the context of CCRCs, the book will have broader-based implications for training older adults on how to use computers, tablets, and other technologies.