Category:
User Experience
Net4Age Ontology Terms:
aging
, citizen
, community
, experience
, family
, friend
, inclusion
, isolation
, participation
, technology
, wellbeing
Description:
Nostalgia Bits aims to be one of the first examples of what we call an ?ugmented community?service. Augmented communities combine the benefits of interest-bound communities (typically supported by on-line services) with the benefits of geographically-bound communities (which lead to rich, face-to-face interactions).
Overview:
The Nostalgia Bits (NoBits) project (funded by AAL Programme) aims at fostering social interaction between elderly and their family, through capturing their memories, personal, family and local history embodied by letters, newspapers, postcards, photos and other documents. A web-based platform is being developed where tangible artefacts of an elderly person's life experience can be uploaded and become a significant resource for use by other generations, and a means for connecting the elderly users with members of own generation. It aims to be one of the first examples of what we call an ?ugmented community?service.
Objectives:
The Nostalgia Bits project aims to provide a platform where tangible artefacts of an elderly person's life experience can be uploaded to a web site and become a significant resource for use by other generations, and a means for connecting the elderly users with members of own generation. The user base is expected to go beyond the elderly user and their families, to include peer group members whose life experiences and memories intersect and extend to community elements such as schools and colleges. This will allow elderly users to combat feelings of isolation, and low self esteem.
Initiatives:
the initiative aims to have a direct, positive impact on the quality of life of elderly people by offering them a medium to transmit their memories into activity, as well as connect to peers who share and can relate to their life experiences. It aims at engage older people cognitively, motivate them and foster inter-generational relationships.
Shortcomings:
Project website is no longer available
Relevance:
4
Relevance Description:
The project focuses on communities, aiming to be one of the first examples of an ?ugmented community?service combining the benefits of interest-bound communities (typically supported by on-line services) with the benefits of geographically-bound communities (which lead to rich, face-to-face interactions).
Quality:
4
Opinion:
This project is an attempt to combat feelings of isolation, and low self esteem by creating an augmented community and promoting inter-generational relationships.
Recommended:
Yes
Overlap:
No
Overlap Detail:
Sources:
http://www.aal-europe.eu/projects/nostalgia-bits/ http://www.nobits.eu/
Keywords:
well-being, seniors, web-based platform, augmented community, isolation, social interactions
Submitted By:
Oscar Zanutto
Email:
coldebella.giorgia@israa.it