Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The term “Nana” technology was coined, defined, and categorized in 2004 by Andrew Carle, an internationally recognized expert on aging, senior housing, and assistive technologies. Carle additionally serves as an Assistant Professor and Founding Director of the Program in Assisted Living/Senior Housing Administration at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Carle's goal was to bridge what he referred to as the 'divide between Geeks and Grans', in which technology companies were failing to consistently develop products of practical value to older adults, with older adults simultaneously unaware of technologies that did exist and could be helpful in their daily lives. Carle additionally felt governments were not paying enough attention to issues relevant to aging populations worldwide – both in stresses on family caregivers struggling to allow aging parents to live independently for as long as possible, as well as on the critical shortage of long term care workers in both home and facility based environments.

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