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ReviewHealthcare informatics research2017

Tackling the Challenge of the Aging Society: Detecting and Preventing Cognitive and Physical Decline through Games and Consumer Technologies.

David Wortley, Ji-Young An, Almas Heshmati

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Review in Healthcare informatics research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

David WortleyEuropean Chapter of the International Society of Digital Medicine, Alderton, UK.
Ji-Young AnOffice of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA.
Almas HeshmatiDepartment of Economics, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study seeks to review some of the approaches employed to address health and well-being issues in the elderly population.

methodsThis 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.

resultsVarious 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.

conclusionsApproaches 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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AgedAgingCognitive TherapyExercise TherapyTechnology

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PMID28523206
PMCPMC5435589

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