TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Immersive technology and the elderly: a mini-review
JO  - Gerontology
A1  - Shelton, Brett E.
A1  - Uz, Cigdem
SP  - 175
EP  - 185
VL  - 61
IS  - 2
N2  - Technologies that provide immersive experiences continue to become more ubiquitous across all age groups. This paper presents a review of the literature to provide a snapshot of the current state of research involving the use of immersive technologies and the elderly. A narrative literature review was conducted using the ScienceDirect, EBSCOhost, Springerlink and ERIC databases to summarize primary studies from which conclusions were drawn into a holistic interpretation. The majority of the studies examined the effect of immersive technologies on elder peoples' age-related declines, including sensory and motor changes (vision, hearing, motor skills), cognitive changes and social changes. Various immersive technologies have been described and tested to address these age-related changes, and have been categorized as 'games and simulations', 'robotics' and 'social technologies'. In most cases, promising results were found for immersive technologies to challenge age-related declines, especially through the increase of morale. © 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0304-324X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000365754
ID  - ref1
ER  -