The chapters and reports in this publication have been selected from presentations at a Symposium on "Aging and Technological Advances" held in August, 1983 at the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center of the University of Southern California. The Symposium was made possible by a grant from the NATO Special Programme Panel on Human Factors, and the support of this program is gratefully acknowledged. Members of the Symposium Advisory Board were James E. Birren, Judy Livingston, Erhard Olbrich, Victor Regnier, Pauline Robinson, Thomas Singleton, Arnold Small, Harvey Sterns, and Alvar Svanborg. Professor Lambros Houssiadas also provided invaluable encouragement. Appreciation is also extended to the Andrew Norman Institute for Advanced Study in Gerontology and Geriatrics for support of planning activities leading up to the Symposium and for support of events surrounding the Symposium itself. A generous gift from The UPS Foundation to the Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center made possible the compilation, editing and preparation of this manuscript and helped to support Symposium ac ti vi ties. We thank David Bergstone and Mary Margaret Ragan who together carefully and skillfully organized and carried out the typing of the manuscript.

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Aging and Technological Advances: Introduction.- Aging in a Technological Society: Desiderata and Dilemmas in Decision-Making.- The Next 25 Years: Impact Expectations from Technology on Aging.- Attitudes and Perceptions of Older People toward Technology.- Section I: Labor Force Participation.- Aging and Labor Force Participation.- Demographic Trends Affecting the Age Structure of the Labor Force: 1950-2000.- Older Workers: Force of the Future?.- Changes in Labor Force Participation of Persons 55 and over since World War II: Their Nature and Causes.- Technological Change and the Labor Market Situation of Older Workers.- Impact of Technological Change on Middle-Aged and Older Workers: Parallels Drawn from a Structural Perspective.- Recent Trends in Retirement Policy and Practice in Europe and the USA: An Overview of Programmes Directed to the Exclusion of Older Workers and a Suggestion for an Alternative Strategy.- The Australian Labour Market for Older Workers.- The Social Consequences of Rapid Technological Change.- Study Group Report: Aging and Technological Advances-Labor Force Participation.- Section II: Health and Stress.- Ecology, Aging and Health in a Medical Perspective.- The Compression of Morbidity.- Aging, Health, Stress and Technology in the Work Context: Concepts and Issues.- Technological Change and the Aging of Working Capacity.- Sources of Occupational Stress among Older Workers.- Antecedents of Emotional Health Status among the Elderly.- The Affective Consequences of Technological Change for Older Persons.- Research reports.- Impact of Work and Technology on Health Status of the Older Worker.- Psychological Functioning in Old Age and the Introduction of New Technology.- Interpersonal Relationships and Psychological Well-Being in Middle-Aged Persons.-Study Group Report: Aging and Technological Advances-Health and Stress.- Section III: Human Factors.- Technology and the Aging Adult: Career Development and Training.- Technological Advances from a Human Factors Point of View.- Human Factors and Technology: The User Sets the Pace.- People in Future Factories and Offices: With an Introduction to Some Special Opportunities and Problems for an Aging Workforce.- A Capability-Demand Approach to the Aged in Technological Environments: A Case for Improved Task Analysis.- Impact of Microprocessors on the Quality of Life: Comparative Needs of Older vs. Younger Generations.- Technological Interventions for Changes in Hearing and Vision Incurred through Aging.- Research Reports.- The Older Adult as Computer User.- Technology and the Older Person: Age, Sex and Experience as Moderators of Attitudes towards Computers.- Research on Human Factors: German Soldiers and Functional Age Limits.- Appraising the Performance of Older Workers.- Human Factors in Aging: Issues for Adult Education.- Computer Based Memory Training and Memory Prosthesis in Older Adults.- Study Group Report: Aging and Technological Advances-Human Factors.- Section IV: Home and Community.- The Older Person in the Residential Environment.- Aging and Technological Advances in Telecommunications.- Technology in the Service of the Aging Veteran.- Evaluation of a Personal Emergency Response System.- Computer and Telecommunications Applications to Enhance the Quality of Life of Our Elderly Citizens.- Technology and Aging: Identification and Evaluation of Products to Enhance an Independent Lifestyle.- Research Reports.- Community Alarm Systems for Older People - Age Concern Scotland.- Changes in the Home and Community Environment: Changing Residential Requirements andSafety in Residental Settings.- Home Safety Checkups for Seniors.- Study Group Report: Aging and Technological Advances: Home and Community.