Supporting personalized care of older adults with vision and cognitive impairments by user modeling

We present a user modeling approach tailored to the user group of older adults with vision impairments. Our previous work with this user group has been followed by qualitative user research with the staff of a residential care facility for visually impaired older adults. We defined the structure of a user model that represents aspects related to personal psychological development and attributes that affect interaction with technologies. Furthermore, we present two generations of prototypes of administration UI for the user model. Results of the qualitative evaluation are discussed in the paper. This effort aims to help the personnel of specialized care institution in providing personalized care and make the interaction with technologies accessible for the group of visually impaired older adults with vision impairments.