A Critical Review of Smart Residential Environments for Older Adults With a Focus on Pleasurable Experience
- Title
- A Critical Review of Smart Residential Environments for Older Adults With a Focus on Pleasurable Experience
- Author
- 김미정
- Keywords
- smart environment; smart home; aging in place; older adults; pleasurable experience
- Issue Date
- 2020-01
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY, v. 10, article no. 3080
- Abstract
- Various smart services and technologies have been developed to support older adults' well-ness, make their daily tasks easier, and enhance their overall quality of life. When people grow older, older adults inevitably experience a significant decrease in their physical, cognitive, and sensory capabilities, which makes them develop negative attitudes toward technology. In this regard, this study highlights that older adults require not only usable and practical spaces but also smart residential environments that can fulfill them emotionally. Research on smart environments for this population should consider the hedonic and experiential factors of interacting with technology, such as fun, fulfillment, play, and user engagement. This study aims to provide a comprehensive review of smart residential environments to support positive aging and pleasurable user experience in the architecture domain. For this critical review emphasizing the pleasurable smart environment, an evaluation framework was developed, consisting of four categories: well-ness, independence, acceptance, and design. Through an extensive analysis of selected papers in the architecture domain, it was found that studies on the smart home tend to focus on utilitarian factors, such as usability, monitoring physical experiences, and simulating energy efficiency, and rarely mention psychological well-ness. Smart environments should be designed to not only emphasize efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction but also to engage older adults and provide them positive experiences. As various smart technologies continue to evolve and integrate into smart living spaces, it is important to understand older adults' cognitive and emotional aspects and make the smart environment a more comfortable place for them.
- URI
- https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03080/fullhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/160111
- ISSN
- 1664-1078
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.03080
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- COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING[S](공과대학) > ARCHITECTURE(건축학부) > Articles
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