Aging and the Digital Life Course (Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations, 3)

Across the life course, new forms of community, ways of keeping in contact, and practices for engaging in work, healthcare, retail, learning and leisure are evolving rapidly. This book examines how developments in smart phones, the Internet, cloud computing, and online social networking are redefining experiences and expectations around growing older in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contributions from leading commentators and researchers across the world, this book explores key themes such as caregiving, the use of social media, robotics, chronic disease and dementia management, gaming, migration, and data inheritance, to name a few.

• | Author: David Prendergast, Chiara Garattini, David Prendergast
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 300 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1785335014
• | ISBN-13: 9781785335013