Analysis Responses

Ten questions concerning age-friendly cities and communities and the built environment

Category: User Experience

Journal paper: Abstract: The development of ?ge-friendly cities' has become a major area of work in the field of ageing and the built environment. This movement is driven by the observation that cities are home to an ever-increasing ageing population. Over the past decade, a multitude of age-friendly initiatives have been developed with the aim of making physical and social environments more favourable for older people's well-being, health and ability to live in the community. This article explores ten key questions associated with the age-friendly cities and communities' movement, with a particular focus on the built environment. It provides an overview of the history of the age-friendly cities' movement and the underlying models, the aspects of the built environment that are relevant for age-friendly cities, the ways age-friendliness can be evaluated, and the interactions between age-friendly cities initiatives and other strategic agendas such as smart cities. The paper concludes by discussing future perspectives and possible directions for further development of the age-friendly movement.

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The deployment of the Pharaon Large Scale pilots, assess, among other parameters, the usability level of the devices by the main users: Older Adults, Caregivers and Professionals.

Category: User Experience

The overall objective of the PHArA-ON project is to provide support for Europe's ageing population by integrating digital services, devices, and tools into open platforms that can be readily deployed while maintaining the dignity of older adults and enhancing their independence, safety, and capabilities. The project will utilise a range of digital tools including connected devices (e.g., the Internet of Things, IoT), artificial intelligence, robotics, cloud and edge computing, smart wearables, big data, and intelligent analytics that will be integrated to provide personalised and optimised health care delivery.

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The free

Category: User Experience

Kobo hosts and maintains KoboToolbox, a data collection, management, and visualization platform used globally for research and social good. Our mission is to support open source data systems and technology for humanitarian action, development, environmental protection, peacebuilding, and human rights.

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The Kaleidoscope of Culture

Category: Best practices

The Kaleidoscope of Culture is a yearlong project of culture of togetherness, which through different processes connects artists, cultural institutions, non-governmental organisations, citizens and tourists, in order to present places and programmes throughout the city, promoting a unique, distinct image of Novi Sad by the end of summer

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Unified Listing

Category: Other

A list of commercial and research accessibility services and products enabling access to communication, computers and digital devices. It brings together information from 12 different databases in Europe, the US and Australia.

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Value Sensitive Design (VSD)

Category: User Experience

This is a set of principles for grounded approach to the design of technology that accounts for human values

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VR2Care: immersive multiple users for remote physical therapy and fitness training

Category: User Experience

VR2Care: immersive multiple users system of systems for remote physical therapy and fitness training, project includes 4 pilots to test, co-creation with therapists and patients to co-create and test.

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WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities (the Network)

Category: Projects

WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities is a global community that works together towards a vision of an age-friendly world. Age-friendly World creates a place for people and organizations all over the world to share what they know and learn from others.A city or community can remain a member of the Network for as long as they can demonstrate continual improvement against developed indicators.

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