Digital technologies, such as online healthcare portals, enable elderly people to live
independently at home for a longer period of time. Independent living, in this context, refers …

The objective of this paper is to understand the perception that younger elderly persons
have towards the usefulness of playing Xbox Kinect video games as an assistive technology …

Gamification is increasingly being used by organizations to foster work-related
competencies and employee motivation. In the current body of gamification literature, there …

A NAO humanoid robot and a Paro animaloid robot are taken to a senior living community
for a study in human-robot interaction. The humanoid robot was programmed to perform …

Background Electronic patient portals are increasingly being implemented, also in
(haemato) oncology. However, portal usage is low and depends on user and provider …

Abstract As Italy is the European country with the highest percentage of adults aged over 60,
growing concerns have emerged about how the ageing population is living in an era of …

This paper aims at time-series prediction of disease counts when the trend changes
unexpectedly. There is a body of literature in time-series analysis that focuses on improving …

We discuss the motivation, design, implementation, and pilot study of an agent-based
exercise robot for five senior residents and five staff members in a senior living community …

Despite the growing popularity of social media internationally, an extant review of the
literature revealed a low rate of social media usage among healthcare professionals. While …

A NAO humanoid robot is programmed to act as an autonomous exercise instructor at a
senior living community. In an on-site session, the robot does (i) a warm-up routine in which …