Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review
Ambient assisted living (AAL) technology is of considerable interest in supporting the independence and quality of life of older adults. As such, it is a core focus of the emerging field of gerontechnology, which considers how technological innovation can aid health and well-being in older age. For...
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doaj-1a078d8f988c4d7598bf39ce233e51722021-09-06T19:40:36ZengDe GruyterJournal of Intelligent Systems0334-18602191-026X2016-01-01251556910.1515/jisys-2014-0136Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping ReviewBlackman Stephanie0Matlo Claudine1Bobrovitskiy Charisse2Waldoch Ashley3Fang Mei Lan4Jackson Piper5Mihailidis Alex6Nygård Louise7Astell Arlene8Sixsmith Andrew9Dalhousie Family Medicine, 5909 Veterans Memorial Lane, Abbie J. Lane Building, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 2E2Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, 800 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1Y1Baptist Housing, 125-6165 Highway 17A, Delta, BC, Canada V4K 5B8Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University Vancouver, 2800-515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University Vancouver, 2800-515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3IRMACS Centre, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Toronto, 160-500 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 1V7Karolinska Institutet, Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), H1, Fack 23200 141 83 Huddinge, SwedenScHARR, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Regent Street, Sheffield S1 4DA, UKGerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University Vancouver, 2800-515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 5K3Ambient assisted living (AAL) technology is of considerable interest in supporting the independence and quality of life of older adults. As such, it is a core focus of the emerging field of gerontechnology, which considers how technological innovation can aid health and well-being in older age. For this scoping review, a comprehensive search of databases and key journals was conducted from January to April of 2013 in order to identify AAL technologies that have the potential to help deal with some of the challenges associated with aging. In particular, we focused on technologies that could potentially be used by people living with some degree of cognitive impairment, ranging from normal cognitive aging to mild cognitive impairment up to earlier stages of dementia. Options currently available and those still under development were both included in our search. Fifty-nine technologies were identified and are outlined here, along with a discussion of history of AAL from a gerontological perspective and related theoretical considerations.https://doi.org/10.1515/jisys-2014-0136ambient assisted livinggerontechnologyintelligent systemsmild cognitive impairment91c99 |
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Blackman Stephanie Matlo Claudine Bobrovitskiy Charisse Waldoch Ashley Fang Mei Lan Jackson Piper Mihailidis Alex Nygård Louise Astell Arlene Sixsmith Andrew Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review Journal of Intelligent Systems ambient assisted living gerontechnology intelligent systems mild cognitive impairment 91c99 |
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Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review |
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Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review |
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Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review |
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Ambient Assisted Living Technologies for Aging Well: A Scoping Review |
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ambient assisted living technologies for aging well: a scoping review |
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De Gruyter |
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Journal of Intelligent Systems |
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0334-1860 2191-026X |
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2016-01-01 |
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Ambient assisted living (AAL) technology is of considerable interest in supporting the independence and quality of life of older adults. As such, it is a core focus of the emerging field of gerontechnology, which considers how technological innovation can aid health and well-being in older age. For this scoping review, a comprehensive search of databases and key journals was conducted from January to April of 2013 in order to identify AAL technologies that have the potential to help deal with some of the challenges associated with aging. In particular, we focused on technologies that could potentially be used by people living with some degree of cognitive impairment, ranging from normal cognitive aging to mild cognitive impairment up to earlier stages of dementia. Options currently available and those still under development were both included in our search. Fifty-nine technologies were identified and are outlined here, along with a discussion of history of AAL from a gerontological perspective and related theoretical considerations. |
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ambient assisted living gerontechnology intelligent systems mild cognitive impairment 91c99 |
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