Designing Technology Training for Older Adults in Continuing Care Retirement Communities

by Shelia R. Cotten (Author), Elizabeth A. Yost (Author), Ronald W. Berkowsky (Author), Vicki Winstead (Author), William A. Anderson (Author)

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.

About the Author
Shelia R. Cotton, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University

Ronald W. Berkowsky, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Center on Aging, University of Miami, Florida

Elizabeth Yost, PhD, is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, College of William and Mary, Virginia

Vicki Winstead, MA, is a clinical data analyst at the University of Alabama School of Nursing

William A. Anderson, PhD, is program manager, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama