Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society

  • 46h 33m
  • Information Resources Management Association
  • IGI Global
  • 2022

In today’s rapidly evolving society, there has been an increase in technologies and systems available to support the elderly throughout various aspects of life. We have come a long way in the quality of life we can offer our aging populations in recent years due to these technological innovations, medical advancements, and research initiatives. However, further study of these developments is crucial to ensure they are utilized to their utmost potential in securing a healthier elderly population.

The Research Anthology on Supporting Healthy Aging in a Digital Society discusses the current challenges of aging in the modern world as well as recent developments in medicine and technology that can be used to improve the quality of life of elderly citizens. Covering a wide range of topics such as smart homes, remote healthcare, and aging in place, this reference work is ideal for healthcare professionals, gerontologists, therapists, government officials, policymakers, researchers, academicians, practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.

About the Author

Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) is a research-based professional organization dedicated to advancing the concepts and practices of information resources management in modern organizations. IRMA's primary purpose is to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing information resources as key enterprise assets among IRM/IT professionals. IRMA brings together researchers, practitioners, academicians, and policy makers in information technology management from over 50 countries.

In this Book

  • Ageing and Health in the Digital Society—Challenges and Opportunities
  • Health Promotion and Wellness in Aging
  • Promoting Successful Positive aging across the Health Continuum—A Holistic Approach
  • Aging, Quality of Life, and Social Support
  • The Age and Time of No Retirement—Global Lens Exploring the Social and Economic Impact of Aging
  • Nutraceuticals Role in Stress, Aging, and Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Sustainable Development Plan for Aging World Population—Challenges and Way Forward
  • The Aging Brain—From Physiology to Neurodegeneration
  • Establishing the Criteria for the Quality of Elderly Medical Care from the Multiple Perspectives
  • Rehabilitation Nursing Program for Elderly Functional Independence
  • Training Models for Formal Caregivers of Elderly Persons at Home—Studies and Gaps
  • Learning Performance of Teaching Practice of Friendly Senior Care Space Design
  • A New System to Assist Elders' Self-Care and Their Informal Caregivers
  • Informal Cares and Caregivers in Rural Elderly—Emotional Costs in Public Health Policies
  • Free Radicals in Oxidative Stress, Aging, and Neurodegenerative Disorders
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Aging and Neurodegeneration
  • Better Future for Home-Cared Elderly Patients—A Prototype of Smart Clothing
  • Community-Led Ecosystem—A Promising Strategy to Strengthen Person-Centered Geriatric Care in Preventing Age-Related Dependency
  • Social-Architectural Design of Community-Based Embedded Comprehensive Elderly Centers in China—Design Content and Process
  • Elderly Women Empowerment in the Aging Process—A Cognitive Perspective
  • The Interplay of Biological and Socio Environmental Factors in Aging and Disorders in Women
  • Human Factor in Designing an Elderly Care Ecosystem
  • Design the Technological Society for an Aging Population
  • Patient Portal Acceptance by the Elderly—Explained by the Elaboration Likelihood Model and Social Heuristics
  • Elderly Behavior Prediction Using a Deep Learning Model in Smart Homes
  • Comprehensive Ontological Model for Senior Wellness Activity Recognition in Smart Homes
  • Investigating the Educational Needs of Elderly People within the Scope of an Educational Program on the Use of Social Media Networks by Smartphones
  • Framing the Design Space of Multimodal Mid-Air Gesture and Speech-Based Interaction with Mobile Devices for Older People
  • A New Governance Model for Delivering Digital Policy Agendas—A Case Study of Digital Inclusion Amongst Elderly People in the UK
  • E-Health Service Model for Asian Developing Countries—A Case of Emergency Medical Service for Elderly People in Thailand
  • Ageing—Everybody's doing it – Life-Affirming Technology and the Longevity Economy
  • Facilitating the Adoption of Digital Health Technologies by Older Adults to Support Their Health
  • The Contribution of Technologies to Promote Healthy Aging and Prevent Frailty in Elderly People
  • Technology as a Pathway for Older People to Engage in Activities Promoting Successful Ageing
  • Encouraging Social Inclusion for Older Adults Through “Interest”-Led Technology Use
  • New and Emerging Issues for Technologies to Support Older Adults to Age in Place—Findings from a Workshop of Experts
  • Technology to Improve Elderly Nutrition—An Approach from Social Science
  • Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
  • Aging Suit—An Accessible and Low-Cost Design Tool for the Gerontodesign
  • Impact of Attentional Loading and Task Constraints on Postural Control of Healthy Older Adults
  • Major Metrics, Concerns, and Assessment Strategy for Mobility Assistive Devices
  • Manufacturers Should Consider Older Consumers' Diverse Needs and Develop a Diverse Set of Walking Aids
  • Center of Pressure Measurement to Evaluate Fall Risk in the Elderly
  • Fall Prevention and Management App Prototype for the Elderly and Their Caregivers—Design, Implementation, and Evaluation
  • The Role of Neuroimaging in Fall Prevention in Healthy Adults at Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
  • CLARC—Robotic Platform to Assist the CGA Evaluation in Elderly Patients
  • Ambient Assisted Living At-Home Laboratory for Motor Status Diagnostics in Parkinson's Disease Patients and Aged People
  • Predictors of Super-Performers in the Home Health Industry—Towards Improving Care for the Elderly
  • Mobile Health to Support Ageing in Place—A Systematic Review of Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  • A Field Study of Older Adults with Cognitive Impairment using Tablets for Communication at Home—Closing Technology Adoption Gaps using InTouch
  • Tap and Swipe Activity Zones on Smartphones for Novice Older Adults
  • Remote Monitoring and Recognition of Physical Activities of Elderly People Using Smartphone Accelerometer Sensor Data Using Deep Learning Models
  • Remote Elderly Health Monitoring System Using Cloud-Based WBANs
  • Interconnecting IoT Devices to Improve the QoL of Elderly People
  • Video-Based Human Activity Recognition for Elderly Using Convolutional Neural Network
  • Critical Factors Influencing the Intention to Adopt m-Government Services by the Elderly
  • Impacts of Mobile Use on Third Agers in China
  • Big Data, Machine Learning, and Health Knowledge Discovery in the Elderly in China
  • Proposal for Pervasive Elderly Care—A Case Study with Next of Kin
  • Aging and Cancer—Intervention Strategies
  • Noninvasive Ventilation in the Elderly Patient with COPD
  • Formal and Informal Care—Home Care in the Elderly with Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Urinary Incontinence in the Elderly—The Importance of Self-Care Promotion
  • Medicaid Expansion—Policy Impact on Home and Community-Based Services
  • Effects of Spaceflight, Aging, and Bedrest on Falls—Aging Meets Spaceflight!
  • Twin Contributors to the Physiology of Ambulatory Wellbeing and Falls Prevention in Ageing Populations—Functional Senescence and Abnormal Pathological Change
  • Television Use and Consumption of Elderly Americans
  • Golden Years in Social Media World—Examining Behavior and Motivations
  • Using Notions of “Play” over the Life Course to Inform Game Design for Older Populations
  • Yoga and Aging—Neurobiological Benefits
  • Yoga for Mental Health Disorders—Research and Practice
  • Lucille—Cross Cultural Counseling with Older Adult Populations
  • Gender Dimensions of Aging among Indigenous People—A Case Study on Khasi Indigenous Group in Bangladesh
  • Gender and Elderly Care in Africa—A Challenge to Religious Institutions
  • Physical and Mental Health Issues of Elderly Women in India—A Review
  • Feminization of Old Age and Experiences of Subalternity—The Socio-Cultural Dynamics of Inclusion – Exclusion in Urban India
  • Socio-Psychological Complexities of Aging in Hill Areas of Upper Kedar Valley of Indian Mid-Central Himalayas
  • Elderly Grandparents as Caregivers of Children Affected or Infected by HIV and AIDS in Namibia
  • Peri-Urban National Parks as Green Spaces for Recreation—A Case Study of Nature Park Shumen Plateau
  • Impact of Tuberculosis in Elderly Population
  • Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Elderly Population of Alentejo—Integrative Review
  • The Consequences of Comorbidity, Ischemic Heart Disease, and Stroke at the Functional Level in Elderly People at Home
  • Gains from the Rehabilitation of Nursing to the Elderly with the Mobility Deficit by Femur Fracture
  • Sleep and Sleep Disorders in Old Age—Assessment and Non-Pharmacological Management
  • Aging and Sexuality
  • Aging and Suicide
  • Loneliness among Rural Elderly—Present and Future Public Health Challenges
  • Do Loneliness and Social Connectedness Improve in Older Adults Through Mobile Technology?
  • Examining the Variables Affecting the Social Networks of the Elderly
  • The Social Effects of Climate Change on the Health Outcomes of Vulnerable Older Adult Populations in the Global Community
  • On the Socio-Economic Impacts of the Difference between Healthy and Sick Aging
  • Quality of Life and Aging of Women
  • Concerns of Elderly Women's Wellbeing—Some Policy Issues
  • Corporate Elderly Entrepreneurship in the Digital World
  • The Philosophy of the Objective and Purpose of Islamic Law—Economic Protection of the Elderly
  • Religiosity and Attitude in the Face of Death in Brazilian Elderly
  • Population Aging and Prospect of China's Elderly Care and Its Related Industries
  • Rural Aging, Demise of the Traditional Family and the Rise of New Family Structures in Rural Turkey—Evidences from the Province of Kayseri
  • Precaution or Stigma?—Older Adults in the Turkish National Press during COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Frailty in the Elderly and Interventions Supported by Information and Communication Technologies—A Systematic Review
  • Spirituality and Aging
  • Non-Invasive Ventilation—Adaptation of the Elderly Patients
  • Falls in Elderly—A Hospital Reality Integrative Review
  • Aging Population—Social and Economic Concerns and Complexities during COVID-19
  • Policies, Programs, and Schemes for the Elderly in India—A Critical Review
  • This Seed Will Bear No Fruit—Older People's Perception about Old People's Home in Selected Local Government Areas in Osun State of South-Western Nigeria
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