Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners

Jean D. Hallewell Haslwanter

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-31285-3_28

Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners

Jean D. Hallewell Haslwanter

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Abstract

Co-design aims to actively involve people affected by the system in its development. It is vital for the development of assistive technologies and technologies for aging in place to help ensure they are useful, usable, and accessible. This paper presents a meta-review of five review publications on co-design in projects developing technology for older people. It describes the phases in which people can be included, methods that are commonly used with older people, artifacts used in the process, as well as recommendations for applying co-design in this type of projects. As such, the paper can provide guidance for people wanting to apply co-design with older people for these types of technologies, both those with experience in co-design and those new to it.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2026
Editors	Klaus Miesenberger, Helen Petrie, Petr Peňáz
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	28
Pages	233-241
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-032-31285-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-032-31284-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-31285-3_28
Publication status	Published - 16 Jul 2026
Event	ICCHP 26: International Conference on Helping People with Special Needs: Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology (AT), Accessible ICT (eAccessibility) - Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Duration: 13 Jul 2026 → 17 Jul 2026 Conference number: 20th https://icchp.org/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)
Publisher	Springer
Volume	16866
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Name	International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
Number	20

Conference

Conference	ICCHP 26: International Conference on Helping People with Special Needs
Abbreviated title	ICCHP 26
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Brno
Period	13.07.2026 → 17.07.2026
Internet address	https://icchp.org/

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

Co-design
Participatory design (PD)
Development methods
Older people
Assistive Technology (AT)
Active and Assisted Living (AAL)
Usability
User experience (UX)

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Hallewell Haslwanter, J. D. (2026). Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners. In K. Miesenberger, H. Petrie, & P. Peňáz (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2026 (pp. 233-241). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 16866), (International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs; No. 20). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-31285-3_28

Hallewell Haslwanter, Jean D. / Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design : A Meta-review for Practitioners. Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2026. editor / Klaus Miesenberger ; Helen Petrie ; Petr Peňáz. Cham : Springer, 2026. pp. 233-241 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). (International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs; 20).

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Hallewell Haslwanter, JD 2026, Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners. in K Miesenberger, H Petrie & P Peňáz (eds), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2026. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), vol. 16866, International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs, no. 20, Springer, Cham, pp. 233-241, ICCHP 26: International Conference on Helping People with Special Needs, Brno, Czech Republic, 13.07.2026. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-31285-3_28

Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners. / Hallewell Haslwanter, Jean D.
Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2026. ed. / Klaus Miesenberger; Helen Petrie; Petr Peňáz. Cham: Springer, 2026. p. 233-241 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS); Vol. 16866), (International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs; No. 20).

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Hallewell Haslwanter JD. Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners. In Miesenberger K, Petrie H, Peňáz P, editors, Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2026. Cham: Springer. 2026. p. 233-241. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS)). (International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs; 20). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-31285-3_28

Recommendations for Age-Friendly Co-design: A Meta-review for Practitioners

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