Articles by Signe Tomsone

Dr. Tomsone has a PhD in Medical Science and is one of the first occupational therapists in Latvia. She is Dean for the Faculty of Rehabilitation, Rīga Stradiņš University, Latvia. Her research focuses on older persons’ environmental interaction in everyday life.

Cross-National Usability Study of a Housing Accessibility App: Findings From the European InnovAge Project

Abstract The present usability study concerns an evaluation of an Android based mobile application (app) targeting housing accessibility issues, in a prototype stage for a touch tablet. The objective was to identify and compare elicited usability issues involving senior citizens in two different national contexts: Sweden and Latvia. Applying a problem discovery approach, the study […] [Read More]