Main description:

While digital transformations are happening in all walks of society and business, there is real potential for improving the quality of life of the elderly using digital methods and tools. Digital health promises to deliver better healthcare quality cost-efficiently to more people, especially in the case of lifestyle diseases such as diabetes. It will achieve this by combining the benefits of telehealth, eHealth, data-driven personalised healthcare, and evidence-based care. This book presents a discussion of evolving digital technologies, such as smart phones and assisted living, and innovative digitally based services that are helping improve the quality and cost of healthcare for the elderly.

This book evolved from a recent multi-country and multi-disciplinary initiative called Digital Health for the Ageing Population. This project (2019-2021) aimed at promoting general awareness of digital health for ageing populations with collaborative research across several countries including Australia, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan, Norway, The Netherlands, and USA.

With its international scope and detailed coverage of relevant digital methods and tools, this book will benefit healthcare technologists, ICT developers, managers of healthcare and mobile healthcare projects, and academic researchers working in related fields.

Contents:

Chapter 1: Book overview: digital health for ageing population
Part I: Underpinning principles of Digital Health

Chapter 2: Digital health maturity - a foundational principle
Chapter 3: Global demographic changes and ageing population: an overview
Chapter 4: Digital health and elderly care in low- and middle-income countries: opportunities and challenges
Chapter 5: Health co-benefits in climate action policies for healthy ageing
Chapter 6: Health data privacy for aged population in Australia

Part II: Digital Health Services for Healthy Ageing

Chapter 7: Silvercare: a model for supporting healthy ageing services
Chapter 8: Safeguarding the elderly in a pandemic: role of lockdown policies and digital health technologies
Chapter 9: Digital mental health in Bangladesh "MonerDaktar": caring seniors during COVID-19
Chapter 10: Digital health for aged care from a service perspective
Chapter 11: Role of digital technology in aged care in China

Part III: Digital Tools for Healthy Ageing

Chapter 12: Using powered exoskeletons for rehabilitation in healthy ageing - a societal perspective
Chapter 13: SENSE-GARDEN - A concept and technology for care and well-being in dementia treatment
Chapter 14: Challenges and opportunities in the adoption of IoT for the elderly's health and well-being: a systematic review
Chapter 15: Designing mobile healthcare applications for elderly users
Chapter 16: Telepresence robots for healthy ageing
Chapter 17: Conclusion and future work