Sustainable Technology and Elderly Life

• Other Authors: Iglesias, Ana (Editor), Morato, Jorge (Editor), Sanchez-Cuadrado, Sonia (Editor), Fernández-Panadero, Carmen (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Humanities; Education; healthy aging; remote physical activity; telerehabilitation; personalized exergames; natural user interfaces; virtual reality exposure therapy (VRET); exergames; rehabilitation; improve functional capacity; SARS-CoV-2; post-COVID syndrome; older adults; sustainability; technology; readability; Internet of Things; sustainable development goals; smart cities; robotics; gerontology; health care; elderly; cognitive impairment; psychosocial interventions; sustainable technology; socially assistive robots; home health systems; sleep monitoring; sustainable technologies; technology acceptance; intergenerational game; intergenerational communication; VR game; cultural heritage; older adult digital gap
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The coming years will see an exponential increase in the proportion of elderly people in our society. This accelerated growth brings with it major challenges in relation to the sustainability of the system. There are different aspects where these changes will have a special incidence: health systems...