The impact of technology on older adults’ social isolation

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Highlights：

• Technologies that have been proposed to overcome social isolation were identified.

• We categorised these assistive technologies into eight clusters.

• This study evaluated the effectiveness of the identified technologies.

• A number of the technologies have a positive impact on reducing social isolation.

摘要

•Technologies that have been proposed to overcome social isolation were identified.•We categorised these assistive technologies into eight clusters.•This study evaluated the effectiveness of the identified technologies.•A number of the technologies have a positive impact on reducing social isolation.

论文关键词：Assistive technology,ICT,Loneliness,Social isolation,Older adults

论文评审过程：Received 22 March 2016, Revised 30 May 2016, Accepted 31 May 2016, Available online 6 June 2016, Version of Record 6 June 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.05.092