Reprint

Creating Age-friendly Communities

Housing and Technology

Edited by
June 2022
228 pages
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4400-7 (Hardback)
  • ISBN978-3-0365-4399-4 (PDF)

This book is a reprint of the Special Issue Creating Age-friendly Communities: Housing and Technology that was published in

Medicine & Pharmacology
Public Health & Healthcare
Summary

The "Creating Age-friendly Communities: Housing and Technology" publication presents contemporary, innovative, and insightful narratives, debates, and frameworks based on an international collection of papers from scholars spanning the fields of gerontology, social sciences, architecture, computer science, and gerontechnology. This extensive collection of papers aims to move the narrative and debates forward in this interdisciplinary field of age-friendly cities and communities.

Format
  • Hardback
License
© by the authors
Keywords
physical environment/space; nursing homes; small-scale living; green care farms; engagement; social interaction; long-term care facilities; older adults; gerontechnology; dementia-friendly environments; aids and adaptations; loneliness; domestic settings; ICT; Age in Place; Disability; Smart Technology; Intergenerational Relationships; Connected Health; smart health; older people; co-design; digital life-world; smart cities; retirement community; co-design; privacy; research ethics; artificial intelligence; robots; living alone; older adults; older immigrants; Canada; U.S.; older age-friendly housing; dementia; older adults; technology; perspectives; informal caregivers; formal caregivers; technology; rural ageing; qualitative research methods; gerontechnology; privacy; intergenerational; social connectedness; community networks; cardiology; wearable devices; community care; primary care; technology; clinical care; scoping review; meaningful activities; transition; dementia; nursing home; citizen science; built environment; older people; urban neighbourhoods; GIS; spatial; Australia; n/a