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KMID : 1100520170230020087
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Healthcare Informatics Research
2017 Volume.23 No. 2 p.87 ~ p.93
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Tackling the Challenge of the Aging Society: Detecting and Preventing Cognitive and Physical Decline through Games and Consumer Technologies
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Wortley David
An Ji-Young
Heshmati Almas
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study seeks to review some of the approaches employed to address health and well-being issues in the elderly population.
Methods: This article reviews and analyses a range of projects and approaches designed for the elderly population and aimed at preserving and/or enhancing physical and cognitive capabilities in later life.
Results: Various intervention measures have been developed across the globe to preserve and/or enhance physical and cognitive capabilities of the elderly population. A selection of these measures is described in this article.
Conclusions: Approaches which combine games psychology and mechanics with enabling technologies designed to engage, influence and motivate elderly people can encourage healthy active aging lifestyles. Healthy active aging helps to realise a double dividend of reduced healthcare costs and an improved quality of life for the elder citizen.
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KEYWORD
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Aging, Cognitive Therapy, Exercise Therapy, Technology, Aged
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