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Book Synopsis Game-playing for active ageing and healthy lifestyles by : Ana Isabel Veloso
Download or read book Game-playing for active ageing and healthy lifestyles written by Ana Isabel Veloso and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the increase in the ageing population and the evolvement of the Human-Computer Interaction field to a much more humanistic approach, debate is ongoing about designing technology-enabled products for active ageing and healthy lifestyles. Indeed, the mainstream game industry has been challenged with the emergence of an older target group, the advancements in gamification and the proliferation of SMART devices.Previous experience in the field has revealed that for many older adult gamers, games had a therapeutic effect through them being both cognitively challenged and rewarded. However it has also revealed that the gaming industry was not fulfilling their other motivations and accessibility needs.Furthermore, research to date has focused on the physical and cognitive effects of video games in the aging process. Up to now, the use of other active ageing dimensions that go beyond the health domains (i.e. sense of security, and participation in society) in games addressed to this target group remain unexplored.This book differs from current books on the market by focusing on games and the main implications to design for active ageing in terms of the market perspective, the information and communication society, behavioral design, mobility, urban and city planning, accessibility and assessment.
Book Synopsis Active Ageing and Healthy Living by : G. Riva
Download or read book Active Ageing and Healthy Living written by G. Riva and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increased life expectancy and the ageing of the population have been the subject of attention in Western countries, and particularly in Europe, for some years now. The challenge of 'squaring the circle' between ends and means – as well as between personal aspirations and systemic constraints – in health and social care continues to be a major concern for policymakers and all those involved in the delivery of services. This book, Active Ageing and Healthy Living: A Human Centered Approach in Research and Innovation as Source of Quality of Life, presents the results of a number of research projects from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - the largest private university in Italy and in Europe - with a strong commitment to the areas of medicine and health sciences, economics, business, international relations, political science, psychology and communications. Visions and research directions for the future are also presented and discussed. The introduction to the book addresses the challenges posed by an increasingly ageing population and the way in which multidisciplinary research can contribute to positive outcomes. The remainder of the book is divided into two sections. The first proposes promising research directions for future focus, and includes papers on demographic change; frailty in the elderly; the role of diet in healthy ageing; active ageing; and positive technology. The second section deals with recent developments in research into active ageing and healthy living (AA&HL). It addresses numerous topics, including: mechanisms to shift the balance from unhealthy to healthy ageing; nutrition; the role of ICTs for older people; work, retirement and health; and empowering skills for AA&HL.
Book Synopsis Ageing and Digital Technology by : Barbara Barbosa Neves
Download or read book Ageing and Digital Technology written by Barbara Barbosa Neves and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together Sociologists, Computer Scientists, Applied Scientists and Engineers to explore the design, implementation and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people. It offers an innovative and comprehensive overview, not only of the rapidly developing suite of current digital technologies and platforms, but also of perennial theoretical, methodological and ethical issues. As such, it offers support for researchers and professionals who are seeking to understand and/or promote technology use among older adults. The contributions presented here offer theoretical and methodological frameworks for understanding age-based digital inequalities, participation, digital design and socio-gerontechnology. They include ethical and practical reflections on the design and evaluation of emerging technologies for older people, as well as guidelines for ethical, participatory, professional and cross-disciplinary research and practice. In addition, they feature state-of-the-art, international empirical research on communication technologies, games, assistive technology and social media. As the first truly multidisciplinary book on technology use among ageing demographics, and intended for students, researchers, applied researchers, practitioners and professionals in a variety of fields, it will provide these readers with insights, guidelines and paradigms for practice that transcend specific technologies, and lay the groundwork for future research and new directions in innovation.
Book Synopsis Mobile e-Health by : Hannah R. Marston
Download or read book Mobile e-Health written by Hannah R. Marston and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This multi-disciplinary collection of essays captures discussion, thinking and research surrounding the recent surge of interest in how technology can help us as we age. A wide range of topics are covered, from investigations in the use of technology to improve health and well-being, to examinations of digital gaming, mobile health apps and the quantified self in relation to an ageing population. From multi-disciplinary perspectives, this collection highlights the role of a more social approach to technology. As such, a variety of social research methods are used throughout the chapters. The benefits and issues with different approaches are highlighted both in terms of further research, but also so the reader can judge the value of the research for themselves. This collection brings together the latest thinking and cutting edge contemporary research from leading thinkers and academics in the field of human computer interaction, health and gerontology. In taking a social approach, it highlights how technological practices fit within wider gerontological, political and cultural perspectives. It therefore has potential to influence those working in human computer interaction, digital humanities, sociology, psychology and gerontology. It can help change the practice of people working in the health and social care field, in computer and product design, and in the digital and creative industries.
Book Synopsis Ageing, Physical Activity, Recreation and Wellbeing by : Barbara Humberstone
Download or read book Ageing, Physical Activity, Recreation and Wellbeing written by Barbara Humberstone and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-17 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will serve to raise awareness of ways of healthy ageing that are facilitated by different forms of, and approaches to, physical activity, exercise and recreation. It presents a collection of studies focusing on the effectiveness of different methods that promote an active lifestyle among communities and older people in general. The contributions draw upon qualitative and quantitative paradigms that have ‘active ageing’ at the core of their investigations. The book imparts knowledge about recent advances in physical activity, recreation and wellbeing initiatives that will benefit the academic community and the wider public. It will also dispel myths about ageing and physical activity, ‘trouble’ popular notions of ageing, and present different intervention strategies and approaches that will serve to improve older peoples’ lives and develop an understanding of active and healthy ageing. Examples are drawn from both global and local perspectives, walking initiatives, exercise classes for the over 50s, a ‘dancing the tango for the D/deaf’ project, an inter-generational dance project, ‘Movers and Shakers’ exercise intervention studies, and yoga/swimming and windsurfing case studies.
Download or read book Winning at Aging written by John Kalb and published by Confluence Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revolutionary and empowering story is emerging: We actually have significant control over our aging process. John Kalb's exciting new book shows how millions of mature (age 50+) men and women can live lives of great health (physical, emotional, and spiritual) by understanding fundamental aspects of body, mind, and spirit in the second half of their lives. Research has proven that positive emotions and healthy behaviors play a significant role in aging, and they can be increased for a better life. This means that successful aging is a self-fulfilling prophecy: Anticipating a positive future increases the likelihood we will experience it. Each of us must develop practical wisdom to know when to courageously maximize our functional abilities and when to serenely accept the inevitable losses that aging brings. Winning at aging is a journey not adestination and there are many pathways to success. Here is a book that will help you live life to the fullest and: * Increase your life span by 20 quality years * Enjoy your authentic diet while you reduce disease risk * Spring clean your body with a user-friendly allergy-free detox program * Achieve permanent weight loss ... without dieting * Exercise for fun and maximize your benefits in minimal time * Create the healthy lifestyle of your dreams by eliminating self-sabotage once and for all * Keep your mind sharp and clear by stimulating and supporting your brain cells * Become a master of self-care by learning from your body * Discover an exciting new vision and purpose for the second half of your life * Feel great about helping yourself, other people, and the planet
Download or read book Framing Age written by Iris Loffeier and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-12 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ageing populations have gradually become a major concern in many industrialised countries over the past fifty years, drawing the attention of both politics and science. The target of a raft of health and social policies, older people are often identified as a specific, and vulnerable, population. At the same time, ageing has become a specialisation in many disciplines - medicine, sociology, psychology, to name but three – and a discipline of its own: gerontology. This book questions the framing of old age by focusing on the relationships between policy making and the production of knowledge. The first part explores how the meeting of scientific expertise and the politics of old age anchors the construction of both individual and collective relationships to the future. Part II brings to light the many ways in which issues relating to ageing can be instrumentalised and ideologised in several public debate arenas. Part III argues that scientific knowledge itself composes with objectivity, bringing ideologies of its own to the table, and looks at how this impacts discourse about ageing. In the final part, the contributors discuss how the frames can themselves be experienced at different levels of the division of labour, whether it is by people who work on them (legislators or scientists), by people working with them (professional carers) or by older people themselves. Unpacking the political and moral dimensions of scientific research on ageing, this cutting-edge volume brings together a range of multidisciplinary, European perspectives, and will be of use to all those interested in old age and the social sciences.
Book Synopsis Ageing, Physical Activity and Health by : Karin Volkwein-Caplan
Download or read book Ageing, Physical Activity and Health written by Karin Volkwein-Caplan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most pressing questions facing society today is how to care for its burgeoning elderly population. By the year 2050, experts predict that one-third of the world’s population will be over 60 years old. Health promotion for the elderly is therefore becoming an increasingly important topic in public policy and planning. This book examines the challenges presented by an ageing global population, our varying expectations of healthy ageing, and the importance of exercise and physical activity for the elderly. Drawing on empirical research from around the world, it considers the factors that influence health and well-being in later life and compares practices and policies designed to promote healthy ageing. It presents case studies from 15 countries spanning Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia, and sheds light on how attitudes to physical activity differ across nations, regions and cultures. Ageing, Physical Activity and Health: International Perspectives is important reading for all students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in physical activity, public health, exercise science or gerontology.
Book Synopsis Human-Computer Interaction by : Peter Forbrig
Download or read book Human-Computer Interaction written by Peter Forbrig and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IFIP World Computer Congress (WCC) is one of the most important conferences in the area of computer science at the worldwide level and it has a federated structure, which takes into account the rapidly growing and expanding interests in this area. Informatics is rapidly changing and becoming more and more connected to a number of human and social science disciplines. Human–computer interaction is now a mature and still dynamically evolving part of this area, which is represented in IFIP by the Technical Committee 13 on HCI. In this WCC edition it was interesting and useful to have again a Symposium on Human–Computer Interaction in order to p- sent and discuss a number of contributions in this field. There has been increasing awareness among designers of interactive systems of the importance of designing for usability, but we are still far from having products that are really usable, and usability can mean different things depending on the app- cation domain. We are all aware that too many users of current technology often feel frustrated because computer systems are not compatible with their abilities and needs in existing work practices. As designers of tomorrow’s technology, we have the - sponsibility of creating computer artifacts that would permit better user experience with the various computing devices, so that users may enjoy more satisfying expe- ences with information and communications technologies.
Book Synopsis Digital Health: Changing the Way Healthcare is Conceptualised and Delivered by : E. Cummings
Download or read book Digital Health: Changing the Way Healthcare is Conceptualised and Delivered written by E. Cummings and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2019-08-28 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital developments have resulted in many changes in the way healthcare is conceived and delivered. This has brought challenges, but has also created opportunities to shape healthcare, and has made the management and evaluation of systems and innovations, together with the education of healthcare practitioners, essential at all levels. This book presents the proceedings of HIC 2019, the annual Australian national conference for Health Informatics, held in Melbourne, Australia, from 12 – 14 August 2019. The conference provides the ideal environment for clinicians, researchers, health IT professionals, industry and consumers to gather and share their knowledge, to drive innovative thinking, enhance services, improve data-driven decision making, and allow greater consumer involvement. The conference focused on ten themes that underpin a fully digital healthcare sector: analytics and the learning health system; clinical informatics; digital health workforce development; health policy, ethics and business models; informatics in health professional education; innovations, informaticians and digital health entrepreneurship; integrated and connected care; interoperability and informatics infrastructure; participatory medicine and consumer informatics; and system implementations and digital hospitals. The 29 papers selected for inclusion here reflect these themes, highlighting the research and technological innovations that are supporting the digital transformation of the healthcare sector. The book includes examples of important new developments in the field of health informatics, and emphasizes the central role that digital health plays in current and future healthcare organizations everywhere. It will be of interest to all those involved in the field of healthcare.
Book Synopsis Ethnologia Europaea by : Marie Sandberg
Download or read book Ethnologia Europaea written by Marie Sandberg and published by Museum Tusculanum Press. This book was released on 2014-07-04 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disorder and order are among the principles through which the articles in this issue are connected. Peter Jan Margry grasps the exuberant excesses surrounding the Dutch monarch’s birthday with the term “mobocracy” and sees in the suspension of rules a means to reconcile Dutch republicanism with the anachronism of a monarchical system. Ongoing disorder of a rather different nature is experienced by migrant workers from Poland in Denmark. Niels Jul Nielsen and Marie Sandberg accompany them at work and in their different home settings and analyse the divergent interplay of the Polish labour niche and family dynamics on different constructions of “orderly work conditions”. Stefan Groth uncovers the structuring power of new tools and events to measure performance in recreational cycling; competitive norms are shown to permeate a leisure activity. Old age, too, is not free from the structuring arm of social and health regimes. Through his analysis of billiards – a game favoured by the older men he studies – Aske Juul Lassen critiques aging policies striving to “activate” the elderly and overlooking the rhythms inherent to a traditional game – and activity. The issue concludes with Tuuli Lähdesmäki’s comparison of how local heritage actors choose to narrate the transnationally launched European Heritage Label. Within an initiative to foster Europeanization, she finds actors formulating European identities in different moulds.
Book Synopsis Active Aging and Disease Management by : Helena Canhão
Download or read book Active Aging and Disease Management written by Helena Canhão and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Population aging and the associated burden of chronic diseases are one of the main challenges in public health worldwide. This Research Topic on "Active Aging and Disease Management" provides a comprehensive overview of population aging through fourteen comprehensive papers. Chapter 1 discusses an overview of health systems in active and healthy aging, while Chapter 2 focuses on the role of lifestyles, exercise and new technologies. Chapter 3 debates psychological and cognitive issues in aging and finally in Chapter 4, an older people self assessment is proposed and the role of communities and supporters are highlighted. We think that real social and health care integration at community level could be the key point to deliver effective health promotion and preventive intervention. Enjoy the reading!
Book Synopsis HCI in Work and Learning, Life and Leisure by : Gerhard Leitner
Download or read book HCI in Work and Learning, Life and Leisure written by Gerhard Leitner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-11-02 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the fast developments in information and communication technologies (ICT), the ?elds of application of HCI and UE are broader than ever.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games by : Newton Lee
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games written by Newton Lee and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2024-01-19 with total page 2150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games (ECGG) is a unique reference resource tailored to meet the needs of research and applications for industry professionals and academic communities worldwide. The ECGG covers the history, technologies, and trends of computer graphics and games. Editor Newton Lee, Institute for Education, Research, and Scholarships, Los Angeles, CA, USA Academic Co-Chairs Shlomo Dubnov, Department of Music and Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA Patrick C. K. Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, ON, Canada Jaci Lee Lederman, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN, USA Industry Co-Chairs Shuichi Kurabayashi, Cygames, Inc. & Keio University, Kanagawa, Japan Xiaomao Wu, Gritworld GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany Editorial Board Members Leigh Achterbosch, School of Science, Engineering, IT and Physical Sciences, Federation University Australia Mt Helen, Ballarat, VIC, Australia Ramazan S. Aygun, Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA, USA Barbaros Bostan, BUG Game Lab, Bahçeşehir University (BAU), Istanbul, Turkey Anthony L. Brooks, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Guven Catak, BUG Game Lab, Bahçeşehir University (BAU), Istanbul, Turkey Alvin Kok Chuen Chan, Cambridge Corporate University, Lucerne, Switzerland Anirban Chowdhury, Department of User Experience and Interaction Design, School of Design (SoD), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India Saverio Debernardis, Dipartimento di Meccanica, Matematica e Management, Politecnico di Bari, Bari, Italy Abdennour El Rhalibi, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Stefano Ferretti, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Han Hu, School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China Ms. Susan Johnston, Select Services Films Inc., Los Angeles, CA, USA Chris Joslin, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Sicilia Ferreira Judice, Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada Hoshang Kolivand, Department Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK Dario Maggiorini, Department of Computer Science, University of Milan, Milan, Italy Tim McGraw, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA George Papagiannakis, ORamaVR S.A., Heraklion, Greece; FORTH-ICS, Heraklion Greece University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece Florian Richoux, Nantes Atlantic Computer Science Laboratory (LINA), Université de Nantes, Nantes, France Andrea Sanna, Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy Yann Savoye, Institut fur Informatik, Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria Sercan Şengün, Wonsook Kim School of Art, Illinois State University, Normal, IL, USA Ruck Thawonmas, Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan Vinesh Thiruchelvam, Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Rojin Vishkaie, Amazon, Seattle, WA, USA Duncan A. H. Williams, Digital Creativity Labs, Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, UK Sai-Keung Wong, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan Editorial Board Intern Sam Romershausen, Vincennes University, Vincennes, IN, USA
Book Synopsis Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice by : Novák, Daniel
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practice written by Novák, Daniel and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has adopted games as a powerful tool for promoting personal health and wellness. Utilizing principles of gamification to engage patients with positive reinforcement, these games promote stronger attention to clinical and self-care guidelines, and offer exciting possibilities for primary prevention. Targeting an audience of academics, researchers, practitioners, healthcare professionals, and even patients, the Handbook of Research on Holistic Perspectives in Gamification for Clinical Practices reviews current studies and empirical evidence, highlights critical principles of gamification, and fosters the increasing application of games at the practical, clinical level.
Book Synopsis Decade of healthy ageing by : World Health Organization
Download or read book Decade of healthy ageing written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 will focus on four key actions: changing how we think, feel and act towards age and ageing; developing communities in ways that foster the abilities of older people; delivering integrated care and primary health services that are responsive to the needs of older people; and providing older people who need it with access to long-term care. All are critical for building back better, and for fostering healthy ageing. The Baseline Report for the Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021−2030 addresses five issues so that policy-makers and others in government, the private sector, civil society and research are committed to implementing actions to achieve the ambitious goals set out in the Decade: 1. Introduces Healthy Ageing, the Decade’s actions and enablers, and a pathway to accelerate impact by 2030. 2. Where are we in 2020? The report provides a first-time baseline for healthy ageing worldwide. 3. What improvements could we expect by 2030? It documents progress and scenarios for improvement. 4. How can we accelerate impact on the lives of older people? It shows how older people and stakeholders can together optimize functional ability. 5. The next steps including opportunities to boost collaboration and impact by 2023, the next reporting period.
Book Synopsis Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Supporting Everyday Life Activities by : Qin Gao
Download or read book Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population. Supporting Everyday Life Activities written by Qin Gao and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-03 with total page 499 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Human Aspects of IT for the Aged Population, ITAP 2021, held as part of the 23rd International Conference, HCI International 2021, held as a virtual event, in July 2021. The total of 1276 papers and 241 posters included in the 39 HCII 2021 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 5222 submissions. ITAP 2021 includes a total of 67 papers; they focus on topics related to designing for and with older users, technology acceptance and user experience of older users, use of social media and games by the aging population, as well as applications supporting health, wellbeing, communication, social participation and everyday activities.
