Wellness Self-Management in Older Populations

This position paper describes ongoing work in the design and evaluation of a self-care application for older adults to support general wellness. We report on findings from a 5-month field study with 7 participants, which provided rich insights and a greater understanding into older adults’ attitudes and behaviours in relation to wellbeing selfmanagement. We highlight case studies of two participants-one of whom embraced the application and continued to use it beyond the trial period, and one who dropped out of the trial early, indicating some reasons behind both.