Designing Training and Instructional Programs for Older Adults

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chapter one

Introduction and overview

Emerging demographic and societal trends underscore the importance

of the topic of training and instructional design for older adults. These

trends include: the aging of the population, rapid developments in tech-

nology and the diffusion of technology into most settings, the migration

of healthcare practices from professional facilities to the home, changes in

work processes and organizations, and changes in instructional practices

and technologies. Generally, people of all ages, including older adults,

must engage in what is commonly referred to as life-long learning in order

to use new prod ...