Ageing, Technology and Health from a Generational Perspective

The unique perspective of this project is to address ageing and technology from a generational perspective as related to health. We will address the paucity of research addressing perceptions of and attitudes to technology, adoption and usage among people of different generations as related to the technological developments they have experienced during their lifetime. Our aim is to generate new knowledge on such aspects and how they are associated with active and healthy ageing, with specific attention to cohort and period similarities and differences. Addressing the paucity of theoretically founded large-scale empirical projects, our project is founded on a combination of theories on health, environmental gerontology, age stratification and technology. In order to encourage the involvement of users, validate the emerging findings in the Swedish context, and prepare for international projects, we will organise a series of World Cafés (Study III) in Sweden, Germany, Italy and Latvia.