The adoption of mobile health technology can assist in enhancing the quality of life of elderly
people. Over the last few years, though mHealth research has expanded, the usage of …

Background The sustainability of health and social care has led to an imperative to shift the
balance of care to communities and support person-centered, integrated, preventive …

Objective: To identify the key mechanisms, contexts, and outcomes that drive the successful
participatory co-design of assistive technologies. Method: A rapid realist review was …

For varying reasons, our world is experiencing increasing life expectancies and decreasing
birth rates, which has led to a generational shift in population distribution. The Government …

The present chapter explores IoT trends and applications' current and speculative futures to
support older people living independently. It focuses on the bathroom area, one of the most …

In the present competitive market environment, the success of an innovative product
depends on satisfaction of its users. To achieve this, user-centred product design (UCPD) …

This paper presents the results of a systematic review of the literature (SRL) in the field of
Participatory Design (PD), undertaken under the scope of LOCUS–Playful Connected Rural …

One of the data that national and international organizations–including the World Health
Organization (WHO)–are observing is regarding people's sedentary lifestyle, of all age …

Increasingly, there is a shift toward bringing services that were originally provided in
hospitals into the home. Healthcare designers have been supporting this movement by …

Contemporary society is changing by reason of technical, technological and social
processes that are evolving faster than ever before. Thinking and designing with a Human …