Digital platform for improving older adults' quality of life in today's super-aging society
Y. Nameki, N. Kurashima, K. Chin
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AbstractDigital platforms have recently been used in a variety of occasions and are considered an effective way for everyone to stay connected with society. Expanded digital spaces will enable older adults to participate in many communities without the need for moving to different places and without being restricted by human’s body limitations. In there, older adults will be able to actively participate in activities of society leveraging their knowledge and take the initiative in acquiring new knowledge, thereby contribute to society, and improve their own quality of life there. In reality, however, the use of digital technology by older adults has been slow to take off (MIC of Japan, 2021). In our previous study, we showed that one of the factors preventing older adults from utilizing IT is the difficulty in drawing proper mental models of digital services because of the complex and diverse information access methods these days (Yoko Nameki et al, 2022). It is expected that accurately understanding the characteristics of older adults and providing simple and easy-to-understand representation models taking it into consideration will lead to the depiction of appropriate mental models and promote the use of IT by older adults. Another important factor is their motivation, without which any services might not be used. Therefore, we also examine through experimental observations, older adults’ motivation for using digital services and discuss the digital platforms for improving the quality of life of older adults.Keywords: information gap, mental model, digital platform, digital community, QoL, Society5.0
Y. Nameki, N. Kurashima, K. Chin (2024). Digital platform for improving older adults' quality of life in today's super-aging society. Gerontechnology, 23(2), 1-1
https://doi.org/10.4017/gt.2024.23.s.985.opp