Jenny Waycott

Understanding Older Adults' Experiences With Technologies for Health Self-management: Interview Study.

Elsy Paola Garcia Reyes, Ryan Kelly, George Buchanan, Jenny Waycott

Journal article  |  2023  |  JMIR Aging

BACKGROUND: Many older adults now use technologies such as wearable devices and telehealth services to support their health and we..

Understanding Older Adults' Participation in Online Social Activities

W Zhao, RM Kelly, MJ Rogerson, J Waycott

Journal article  |  2022  |  Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have limited opportunities for older people to participate in face-to-face organis..

Social Robots in Aged Care: Care Staff Experiences and Perspectives on Robot Benefits and Challenges

S Yuan, S Coghlan, R Lederman, J Waycott

Journal article  |  2022  |  Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Social robots have the potential to augment the care provided to older adults in residential aged care homes. However, social robo..

Understanding Older Adults' Participation in Online Social Activities

Wei Zhao, Ryan M Kelly, Melissa J Rogerson, Jenny Waycott

Journal article  |  2022  |  Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Restrictions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have limited opportunities for older people to participate in face-to-face organis..

A Participatory Design Approach to Creating Echolocation-Enabled Virtual Environments

Ronny Andrade, Steven Baker, Jenny Waycott, Frank Vetere

Journal article  |  2022  |  ACM TRANSACTIONS ON ACCESSIBLE COMPUTING

As virtual environments—in the form of videogames and augmented and virtual reality experiences—become more popular, it is importa..

The Role of Staff in Facilitating Immersive Virtual Reality for Enrichment in Aged Care: An Ethic of Care Perspective

Jennifer Waycott, Ryan M Kelly, Steven Baker, Barbara Barbosa Neves, Kong Saoane Thach, Reeva Lederman

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Immersive virtual reality (VR) is being used as an enriching experience for people living in residential aged care, or nursing hom..

Alexa, Tell Me a Joke!: "Voice Interfaces are Truly Inclusive"

J Sin, C Munteanu, J Waycott, R N. Brewer, S Sayago, A Lazar, A Weber

Conference Proceedings  |  2022  |  Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Speech and voice interaction is often hailed as a natural form of interaction and thus more inclusive for a larger portion of user..

Technology-Mediated Enrichment in Aged Care: Survey and Interview Study

Jenny Waycott, Wei Zhao, Ryan M Kelly, Elena Robertson

Journal article  |  2022  |  JMIR AGING

BACKGROUND: Digital technologies such as virtual reality (VR), humanoid robots, and digital companion pets have the potential to p..

"who Wants to Know all this Stuff?!"

S Alkhatib, R Kelly, J Waycott, G Buchanan, M Grobler, S Wang

Journal article  |  2022  |  ITNOW

Abstract The paper, ‘“Who Wants to Know all this Stuff?!”: Understanding Older Adults’ Privacy Concerns in Aged Car..

Swipe a Screen or Say the Word: Older Adults' Preferences for Information-seeking with Touchscreen and Voice-User Interfaces

S Coghlan, J Waycott, L Nui, K Caine, B Stigall

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Over a decade ago, the introduction of touchscreens greatly enhanced older adults' access to information online. Today, voice-user..