Games For Elders: Los serious games como herramienta alternativa para mejorar la calidad de vida en las mujeres de la tercera edad que habitan en hogares geriátricos de las localidades de Chapinero, Teusaquillo y Barrios Unidos

Abstract

Games for Elders is a design project that seeks to generate and implement an alternative digital literacy tool for elderly people who are isolated from the digital world in geriatric and gerontological homes, by approaching technology through the implementation of video games, to To achieve this objective different phases were established that would be developed throughout this project; These would allow knowing the target audience with which they would work, knowing the space in which they live and developing and implementing serious games that will improve their quality of life and allow them to know about this digital world, which for many of them may be alien to their life until this moment. However, there is a small number of older people who have already had contact with technological devices and therefore have prior knowledge about the use and importance of these, although their activities are external to video games, which thanks to their interaction characteristics with the user they allow this to immerse themselves in the history and at the same time use, develop and strengthen physical, cognitive or social abilities, acting as well as useful tool in the life of the person.