Older Adults: Are We Really Designing for Our Future Selves?
summary
Argues that “design for your future self” helps with empathy, engagement, enthusiasm but misleads when it treats today’s older adults as proxies for future cohorts; separates age effects (presbyopia, tremor, macular degeneration 29× more likely over 80) from knowledge gaps (unfamiliar gestures, scrollbars) and shows data: UK internet use rises—55% for 65–74, 114% for 75+—plus demos of high‑frequency hearing loss (mosquito tones, ~8 kHz) and a concrete WCAG fix: color contrast 4.5:1.
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chapters (26)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:02A common theme
- 2:36Expectations
- 3:39Why Design for Older Adults
- 7:30Who are Older Adults
- 10:04Am I Older
- 11:58AgeRelated Impairments
- 13:21Color Contrast
- 14:24presbyopia
- 16:50agerelated conditions
- 17:28hearing loss
- 19:55voices listening levels
- 21:22cognition
- 22:26attitude
- 23:10the three EES
- 23:47the idea for this talk
- 24:46older adults have different knowledge of technology
- 25:59different life experiences
- 27:05economics
- 27:58world conditions
- 30:18key takeaways
- 31:02aging bodies
- 31:33resources
- 32:13Thank you
- 32:38The digital divide
- 42:18Conclusion
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