Category: Entrepreneurship/Silver Economy
Designing a Social Robot to Support Older Adult Homecare: Qualitative Study of Testing Results
Social robots may be a solution to the growing number of elderly and thus the demand in homecare. Previous work shows good acceptability for robotic tools in homecare. The Guardian project associates a social robot, used by the senior, with an application to be used by caregivers. The objective of this testing phase was to …
Mobile Phone Use Among Indonesian Elderly People and Its Obstacles
Background: Mobile phone users among Indonesian elderly people experienced the highest increase in the last 5 years. This increase was 3.6% from 43.08% in 2019. Mobile phone is useful for the elderly. We explored the way the Indonesian elderly people use mobile phone and its obstacles. Methods: This descriptive research included fifty elderly people in …
Perception of Digital Integration and Companions for Older Communities in China in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the era of rapid aging and information superposition, accelerating the digital integration of the elderly and narrowing the digital divide of the elderly are the new requirements and actual contents of encouraging active aging in the digital society. Due to the ongoing pandemic COVID-19, the majority of the world’s elderly population reported feeling socially …