Social Alarms for Elderly Care: Opportunities and Challenges
The increase in the older adult population inevitably highlights their needs and problems. Therefore, contemporary societies may need to offer affordable solutions to satisfy older adults' needs, particularly health, care, and safety, to facilitate their social participation and maintain their functionality. In this sense, rapidly advancing technologies may introduce solutions while attempting to assist older adults with such needs. A social alarm, a product of gerontechnology, may be shown among such technological services to fill the gap in older adult care and protection. This chapter explores the impacts of social alarms on older adults' perceived loneliness and social participation through the existing knowledge in the relevant literature and exemplary project implementation.
Authors:
Özge Kutlu
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
Sevinç Sütlü
Mehmet Akif Ersoy University
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