The MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia.
Department of Music, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2024 Jul;19(5):1935-1944. doi: 10.1080/17483107.2022.2077461. Epub 2022 Jun 5.
Engagement with arts, recreation and leisure is highly valued by older adults, with positive links to their continued wellbeing. Despite an availability of new music technology, these devices are rarely designed with older adults in mind. This project explores the needs and preferences of older adults in residential care as they interact with digital music interfaces in a group music-making context.
Twenty participants at an Australian residential aged-care facility were involved in a user-centred design process (20 sessions across six months) to develop digital music interfaces suitable for group music-making. Participants' verbal comments were audio-recorded and transcribed, supported by further written observation notes made by the activity facilitators.
A hybrid inductive and deductive approach to thematic analysis revealed three main themes: and . Our results suggest that when interfaces are designed with older adults in mind, technology-assisted group music-making can facilitate bringing together residents with different experiences and abilities.
These findings suggest implications for rehabilitation in developing a range of musical devices for older adults to account for required flexibility, whilst maintaining an appropriate and satisfyingly "rich" musical outcome.
参与艺术、娱乐和休闲活动受到老年人的高度重视，与他们的持续幸福感密切相关。尽管有新的音乐技术，但这些设备很少考虑到老年人的需求。本项目探讨了居住在养老院的老年人在集体音乐创作环境中与数字音乐界面互动时的需求和偏好。
20 名澳大利亚养老院的居民参与了以用户为中心的设计过程（6 个月内进行 20 次会议），以开发适合集体音乐创作的数字音乐界面。参与者的口头评论被录音并转录，并由活动协调员提供的其他书面观察笔记进行补充。
一种混合归纳和演绎的主题分析方法揭示了三个主要主题：和。我们的结果表明，当界面的设计考虑到老年人时，技术辅助的集体音乐创作可以促进不同经历和能力的居民聚集在一起。
这些发现对康复提出了一系列建议，即开发适合老年人的各种音乐设备，以确保所需的灵活性，同时保持适当和令人满意的“丰富”音乐效果。
