Enhancing AGEncy
Understanding the potential for older adults’ use of digital technology
This project explores how older adults experience videoconferencing on digital devices address age-related sensory, cognitive, and mobility challenges in order to enhance health outcomes through enhanced social connectedness. Using a multi-method approach (quantitative and qualitative data), we will determine the impact of digital connectedness on social isolation among older adults in Montreal.
Researchers
- Shannon Hebblethwaite
- Co-researchers:
- Karen Li
- Aaron Johnson
- Natalie Phillips
- Kim Sawchuk
- Naj Mahani
- Caitlin Murphy (postdoctoral fellow)
Funding
- TELUS Health
