AgeTech Innovations in Healthcare for Older Adults
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-86884-9 (ISBN)
This book explores the transformative potential of digital technologies to achieve more effective and integrated health care for older adults. It examines the biological and social processes of aging through personas and scenarios, highlighting their impacts on current and future health care delivery systems. It provides a global perspective on the development of health care systems, discussing barriers and opportunities for reform and innovation within the context of policymaking and health technology assessment. Focusing on home care, rehabilitation, long-term care, and primary care, the book offers insights and tools to enhance these services for older adults. It addresses the critical adoption of standardized electronic health records, emphasizing their importance for accessibility and interoperability within health care systems. Readers are introduced to conceptual models and ethical considerations that frame the challenges and opportunities in health care. The book showcases various AgeTech innovations, pilot projects, and initiatives that can address the health care needs of older adults, improving their independence and quality of life. Additionally, it identifies key areas for future research and innovation in AgeTech, encouraging readers to engage with questions and issues that promote continuous thinking about health care reform and AgeTech integration.
Targeting a diverse audience, the book aims to inspire and mobilize business leaders, educators and trainees, researchers, innovators, policymakers, health care providers, and citizens-especially older adults. By presenting evidence and practical strategies, it underscores AgeTech's role in creating a continuous, integrated, and learning-oriented health care delivery system.
Donald Juzwishin, Ph.D., a seasoned expert with over 40 years in health leadership, research, and education, has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals on healthcare policy, decision-making, and health technology assessment (HTA). His career includes pivotal roles such as Director of Health Technology Assessment and Innovation at Alberta Health Services and CEO of the Health Council of Canada. With a focus on integrating science and values to enhance clinical and cost effectiveness, equity, and inclusivity, Dr. Juzwishin has contributed to healthcare reform initiatives worldwide, including projects in Brazil, Tanzania, Kazakhstan, Mexico, China, and Ukraine. Now retired on Vancouver Island, he teaches Health Information Science at the University of Victoria, serves as Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Management Forum, and leads a challenge area for AGE-WELL. He is co-author of History of Public Health in Alberta, 1919 to 2019.
Maggie MacNeil, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral fellow in the School of Nursing at McMaster University. Her research focuses on improving the quality of life for older adults through program, policy, service and technology innovations. She holds a Ph.D. in Public Health and Health Systems from the University of Waterloo, where her research focused on policies to enable innovation and adoption of health technologies for older adults. Her post-doctoral work focuses on evaluating citizen engagement in the EMBOLDEN study, a community-based intervention to promote exercise, healthy eating, social participation and system navigation among older adults living in Ontario, Canada. Dr. MacNeil also provides research and evaluation support to Patient Expertise in Research Collaboration (PERC), a research centre that partners with patients to promote and support patient-oriented primary care research.
Axel Meisen, Ph.D., is a Professor Emeritus of The University of British Columbia where he served as a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science. The latter consists of Engineering departments and programs, a School of Architecture and a School of Nursing. This diversity of professional disciplines, coupled with engagements in engineering practice and work with universities in developing countries, stimulated Dr. Meisen s interest not only in multidisciplinary teaching and research, but also led him to focus on the future of professions and universities. In 1999, he was appointed President and Vice Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland where he fostered major new research initiatives, including initiatives in the health sciences. Given Newfoundland and Labrador s aging and dispersed population, aging at home was a high priority. After completing his term at Memorial University, Dr. Meisen held the Chair of Foresight at the Alberta Research Council where the Jasper Innovation Forum, a collaborative methodology of exploring the future of major issues, such as the Future of Health, was developed to guide the thinking of public and private organizations in Alberta. Dr. Meisen retired formally in 2015 but remained active in major future-oriented initiatives, including chairing the Research Advisory Council of the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital (Edmonton) and the Energy Community of the International Council of Engineering Academies and Technological Sciences. He was President of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. In recognition of his academic and professional work, he received the Order of Canada and Honorary Doctorates from the University of Waterloo (Canada) and Universidad de Piura (Peru).
Paul Stolee, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo s School of Public Health Sciences, where he leads the Geriatric Health Systems Research Group. Dr. Stolee s rese
Preface.- Introduction.- Health and Social Needs of Older People in the 21st Century.- Aging at the Nexus of AgeTech and the Evolution of Health Care and Health Service.- Health Care and Health Service Delivery for the Home Environment.- Long Term Residential Care.- Rehabilitation.- Primary Care and Care Coordination.- Electronic Health Records.- Aging and Falling through the Cracks of Health Care Delivery.- A Vision for Health Care and AgeTech in the 21st Century.- Concluding Remarks About the Future.- LIST OF ACRONYMS.- Appendix A: Questions and Challenges for Readers.- GLOSSARY.- INDEX.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.07.2025 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Synthesis Lectures on Technology and Health |
| Zusatzinfo | XXI, 230 p. 25 illus., 24 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 168 x 240 mm |
| Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | AgeTech • Aging and Independence • Aging populations • Digital Health Records • Digital technologies • Gerontology • Healthcare • healthcare policy • Health Technology • Older adults |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-86884-6 / 3031868846 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-86884-9 / 9783031868849 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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