%0 Journal Article %J Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems %D 2007 %T Community response grids for older adults: Motivations, usability, and sociability %A Wu,P.F. %A Preece,J. %A Shneiderman, Ben %A Jaeger,P. T %A Qu,Y. %X This paper discusses the motivation for a Community Response Grid (CRG) to helpolder adults improve their capability for coping with emergency situations. We define and discuss the concept of a CRG, briefly review the limits of current emergency response systems, and identify usability and sociability guidelines for CRGs for older adults based on existing research. The paper ends with a call to action and suggestions for future research directions. %B Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems %8 2007/// %G eng