This book describes the multidisciplinary approach needed to tackle better aging. Aging populations are one of the 21st century's biggest challenges. National health systems are forced to adapt in order to provide adequate and affordable care. Innovation, driven by digital technology, is a key to improving quality of life and encouraging healthy living. Well-designed technology keeps people empowered, independent, and mobile; however, despite widespread adoption of ICT in day-to-day life, digital health technologies have yet to catch on. To this end, technology needs to be effective, usable, cheap, and designed to ensure the security of the managed data. In the era of mHealth, mobile technology, and social design, this book describes, in six sections, the collaboration of polytechnic know-how and social science and health sectors in the creation of a system for encouraging people to engage in healthy behavior and achieve a better quality of life.

Preface

Chapter 1. Older persons in Europe 2020: needs and challenges for an interdisciplinary polytechnic approach
Section 1: Designing mHealth solutions for better ageing: clinical and methodological perspective
Chapter 2. The multi-domain coaching approach to counteract ageing decline
Chapter 3. Found in translation: innovative methods of co-design in the development of digital systems for promoting healthy aging
Section 2: Technology applied to solutions for Healthy ageing
Chapter 4. Monitoring in the physical domain to support active ageing
Chapter 5. Nutrition monitoring as a Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in prevention services for older adults
Chapter 6. Social behavior and cognitive monitoring in healthy ageing
Chapter 7. Perspective and experiences of Decision Support System (DSS) and AI in prevention and care for older adults
Chapter 8. System interoperability for next gen services at home. A challenge/opportunity for integration
Section 3: Lifestyleimprovement and virtual coaching and ICT services in the human domains through friendly technology
Chapter 9. Physical Activity promotion and coaching to support healthy ageing
Chapter 10. Coaching older adults towards a healthier lifestyle: psychological and technological methods
Chapter 11. Understanding older adults' affect states in daily life for promoting self-reflection about mental well-being
Chapter 12. Building trust and companionship in e-coaching through embodiment
Chapter 13. Challenges, limitations and methodologies to be applied in the development of an ICT-based intervention for older people
Section 4: Innovation impact measured in subjective (usability and experience), social (community level) and business (companies and institutions) opportunities
Chapter 14. Practicing the test of new system-services for elderly care: how to introduce and measure user experience and related outcomes
Chapter 15. SROI methods for impact assessment in Economy of Wellbeing
Chapter 16. Building a network around wellbeing services that empower older adults
Chapter 17. Exploitation, Dissemination and Communication: an integrated framework in EU research
Section 5: Aspects of Ethics and Data Management in healthy ageing digital services
Chapter 18. Data treatment in complex studies in light of the GDPR rules. A critical analysis
Chapter 19. Ethical, legal and societal issues of research and innovation in NESTORE
Section 6: From research to action: what's next?
Chapter 20. Other advanced research initiatives in elderly care and fragility prevention
Conclusion. Translating Active Ageing research into effective policies.