Evaluation and Selection of Technologies Improving  the Quality of Life of Older People

Halicka, Katarzyna; Surel, Dariusz

doi:10.35808/ersj/1611

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“…There is no single universal, generally accepted classification of gerontechnologies; however, the related literature proposes several classifications. Based on a detailed analysis of the literature, this article proposes another classification of gerontechnologies into nine main groups, i.e., Health, Education, Interpersonal Communication, Safety, Mobility, Care, Leisure, Housing, and Digital Accessibility (Halicka & Surel, 2020).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gerontechnology — new opportunities in the service of older adults

Halicka

Surel

2021

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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The increasingly more visible trend of population ageing necessitates creating technologies supporting the functioning of older adults. Consequently, more gerontechnologies emerge designed to help the older adults in their daily functioning, from devices monitoring the health to special trolleys improving the mobility or Virtual Reality devices for active learning. This article aimed to determine the most desired group of gerontechnologies among current and future users. It focused on individual assessments of the most desirable group of gerontechnologies based on various criteria. The investigation aimed to find the criterion rated the highest in the selected group of gerontechnologies. The gerontechnology group was assessed against seven groups of criteria distinguished by the authors, i.e., Technology Innovation, Technology Demand, Social and Ethical Criteria, Technology Usability, Technology Functionality, Technology Ease of Use and Technology Use Risk. The survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire, using CAWI (Computer-Assisted Web Interview) and CATI (Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview) methods, with the research sample comprised of 1 152 residents of Poland. Thus far, no studies have been conducted to evaluate this group of technologies based on the above-mentioned criteria.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gerontechnology — new opportunities in the service of older adults

Halicka

Surel

2021

Engineering Management in Production and Services

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“…In the literature of the subject you can find a lot of studies on the evaluation of objective quality of life depending on the place of residence, e.g., in countries (Murawska, 2013;Serkebayeva et al, 2018;Halicka and Surel, 2020), in regions (Nowak, 2018) or referring to rural areas (Sompolska-Rzechuła, 2017). Improvement of the quality of life of the population, including mainly employees, their families, communities, and society, contributes to sustainable economic development.…”

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Quality of Life of Rural and Urban Population in Poland: Evaluation and Comparison

Sompolska-Rzechuła¹,

Kurdyś-Kujawska²

2020

ERSJ

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Purpose: The purpose of this article is to compare the subjective quality of life of the inhabitants of rural and urban areas. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study is based on a set of data from the Social Diagnosis 2015. Conditions and quality of life of the Poles project, which is comprehensive and representative in nature, were used. The study was conducted on the example of Poland in the global dimension as a general satisfaction with life and in terms of area concerning various areas of life. The work assessed the quality of life, including the division into rural and urban residents. A significance test for many structure indices was used to achieve the goal. Findings: The results show that most often both the inhabitants of the rural and the urban have assessed their life as quite good or successful and quite happy. It was also found that the percentage of people living in the rural and urban assessing the quality of own life rather negatively is not significantly different. However, the percentage of inhabitants of rural and urban areas declaring satisfaction with global and local quality of life is not the same, i.e., the quality of life assessment in this case depends on the place of residence. Practical Implications: The paper highlights the importance of subjective assessment of the quality of life of rural and urban residents to fully demonstrate how people live and how they assess their lives. Originality/Value: This study contributes to the literature by showing that subjective assessment of the quality of life globally and in individual areas of life varies significantly between rural and urban residents.

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“…However, a rising number of studies focus on individual assessments of gerontechnologies and welfare technology based on various criteria. Halicka and Surel (2020) find that the highest-rated technology criterion in their study is the improvement of the quality of life of older people. In a follow-up study, Halicka and Surel (2021) on the market.…”

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Perception of Society’s Trust in Care Robots by Public Opinion Leaders

Hoppe

Melkas

Pekkarinen

et al. 2022

International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction

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The rapid demographic shift toward a greater percentage of the elderly population increases the need for welfare services. Welfare technology and especially care robots can be regarded as an important measure to counteract such demographic challenges. However, when implementing new technologies, structured information is of immense importance to develop societal trust.Frequently, research addresses trust solely at the level of the end-user. However, trust at the level of opinion leaders and political decision-makers is also relevant as they are catalysts for trust. This study aims to detect the perceived trust level of users from the viewpoint of opinion leaders (politicians, insurance organizations, and media) in the Swedish, Finnish, and German society. Furthermore, this study uses qualitative expert interviews and identifies four trust categories: trust in the health care system, trust in regulations, trust in technology, and interpersonal trust. The findings stress that targeting only the end-users is not sufficient for developing technology trust in society.

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Evaluation and Selection of Technologies Improving the Quality of Life of Older People

Cited by 5 publications

References 27 publications

Gerontechnology — new opportunities in the service of older adults

Gerontechnology — new opportunities in the service of older adults

Quality of Life of Rural and Urban Population in Poland: Evaluation and Comparison

Perception of Society’s Trust in Care Robots by Public Opinion Leaders

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