Innovations in elderly care: Key success factors
Innovations in elderly care: Key success factors
Author(s): Jacek KlichSubject(s): Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law, Gerontology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: innovations in health care; ageing; independent seniors; economic and social consequences of ageing; gerontechnology;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to identify key determinants of effective implementation of innovations in respect to assisted living ecosystems for the elderly. Desk-study as a method was used and EBSCO (including Medline), ScienceDirect, Open Knowledge Repository, and BazEkon databases were researched. The scope of ageing and its key economic and social consequences are portrayed at the beginning. Then main categories of seniors’ needs are presented. Consequently the main ways innovations and new technologies can respond to these needs are identified accompanied by senior citizens’ particular attitude toward new technologies, especially ICT. Then Gerontechnology is presented not only as an important social innovation, but also as a leverage for more effective implementation of innovations and modern technologies in active and assisted living for seniors.
Journal: Zdrowie Publiczne i Zarządzanie
- Issue Year: 16/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 177-186
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English