Technology at the Service of the Elderly

An increase in longevity almost always implies the manifestation of more health problems, especially chronic diseases. And here, the elderly’s well-being and quality of life may be compromised since their level of dependence on others for everyday activities tends to increase and accentuate. Technol...

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Published inAquichan Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 1 - 3
Main Author Rodrigues, Vitor Manuel Costa Pereira
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chia Universidad de La Sabana 2020
Subjects
aged
Aging
anciano
assistência à saúde
Body temperature
Caregivers
delivery of health care
Editorials
familia
family
família
Humidity
idoso
Interfaces
Loneliness
Medical personnel
Nursing homes
Older people
prestación de atención de salud
Professionals
Quality of life
robotics
Robots
robótica
Sensors
Social interaction
Surveillance
Sustainable development
Technology
Tecnologia
Tecnología
Portugal
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Summary:An increase in longevity almost always implies the manifestation of more health problems, especially chronic diseases. And here, the elderly’s well-being and quality of life may be compromised since their level of dependence on others for everyday activities tends to increase and accentuate. Technologies can play a fundamental role in supporting and helping both the elderly —through telepresence robots that reduce their social isolation— and the informal caregiver —by installing a network of sensors that allow programming alarms for changing position and taking medication, for example—. Therefore, technologies can and should be put at the service of the elderly not to replace the human factor, but as a complement thereto.
ISSN:1657-5997
2027-5374
DOI:10.5294/aqui.2020.20.1.1