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<p><b>Gerontechnology</b>, also called <b><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.de/books/about/Gerotechnology.html?id=hJjSCgAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y">gerotechnology</a></b> is an inter- and multidisciplinary academic as well as a professional field that combines various disciplines of <a href="Gerontology" title="Gerontology">gerontology</a> and <a href="Technology" title="Technology">technology</a>. Sustainability of an aging society depends on our effectiveness in creating technological environments, including <a href="Assistive_technology" title="Assistive technology">assistive technology</a> and <a href="Inclusive_design" title="Inclusive design">inclusive design</a>, for innovative and independent living and social participation of older adults in any state of health, comfort as well as safety. In short, gerontechnology concerns matching technological environments to <a href="Health" title="Health">health</a>, <a href="Housing" title="Housing">housing</a>, mobility, <a href="Communication" title="Communication">communication</a>, <a href="Leisure" title="Leisure">leisure</a>, work and also the personality/individual dispositions of older people. Gerontechnology is most frequently identified as a subset of HealthTech and is -- since the 2010s -- more commonly referred to as AgeTech or Agetech in Europe and the United States. Research outcomes form the basis for <a href="Designers" class="mw-redirect" title="Designers">designers</a>, <a href="Construction_worker" title="Construction worker">builders</a>, <a href="Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Engineers">engineers</a>, <a href="Manufacturers" class="mw-redirect" title="Manufacturers">manufacturers</a>, and those in the health professions (<a href="Nursing" title="Nursing">nursing</a>, <a href="Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, <a href="Gerontology" title="Gerontology">gerontology</a>, <a href="Geriatrics" title="Geriatrics">geriatrics</a>, <a href="Environmental_psychology" title="Environmental psychology">environmental psychology</a>, <a href="Developmental_psychology" title="Developmental psychology">developmental psychology</a>, etc.), to provide an optimum living environment for the widest range of ages.

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<p>Gerontechnology is considered an adjunct to the promotion of human <a href="Health" title="Health">health</a> and <a href="Well-being" title="Well-being">physical as well as emotional well-being</a>. It pertains to both human development and aging with the aim to compress <a href="Morbidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Morbidity">morbidity</a> and to increase <a href="Vitality" title="Vitality">vitality</a> and <a href="Quality_of_life" title="Quality of life">quality of life</a> throughout the lifespan. It creates solutions to extend the working phase in society by maximizing the vital and productive years in the later years of life, which consequently reduces the cost of care.

</p><p>The overall framework of gerontechnology may be seen as a matrix of domains of human activity: (1) health & self-esteem, housing & <a href="Activities_of_daily_living" title="Activities of daily living">activities of daily living</a>, communication & governance, mobility & transport, work & leisure, as well as (2) technology interventions or impact levels (enhancement & satisfaction, prevention & engagement, compensation & assistance, care and care organisation). Underpinning all these elements are generic and applied <a href="Evidence-based" class="mw-redirect" title="Evidence-based">evidence-based</a> research findings that aid in the development of products and services.

</p><p>Gerontechnology has much in common with other interdisciplinary domains, such as <a href="Assistive_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Assistive Technology">Assistive Technology</a> (for the compensation & assistance and the care support & care organisation rows of the matrix), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.tumblr.com/everybodytech">Everybodytech</a>, Technology for All (for example <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.technology4all.org/">Technology 4 All.org</a>) and <a href="Universal_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Design">Universal Design</a> for the development of all products and services pertaining to gerontechnology.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gerontological_design">Gerontological design</h2></div>

<p>Gerontological design focuses on providing effective solutions to improve the way of life for aging people, through gerontological knowledge and <a href="Design_research" title="Design research">design research</a> methods to obtain a better understanding of individuals' preferences and requirements.

</p><p>Gerontological design also refers specifically to the study and practice of building design methods that support older users in the built environment. Some universities host professors, commonly in architecture or interior design departments, that specialize in the study and teaching of this design specialization. Not only does this include the examination of building design characteristics that impact older adults' physiological well-being, but it can also include the investigation of building design characteristics that impact informational needs (i.e. finding one's way around in a space) or social interaction needs (Campbell, 2012).

</p><p>Between 2008 and 2030, <a href="Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> will witness an age profile shift in its population's history. In 2005, one in 12 residents was 65 years or older. By 2030, one in five residents will be 65 years or older.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies show that in 2002, 7% of the world's population is aged 65 and above. By 2050, it is envisaged that the percentage could rise to nearly 17%.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="Population_ageing" title="Population ageing">ageing population</a> and its impact on <a href="Economics" title="Economics">economics</a>, <a href="Politics" title="Politics">politics</a>, <a href="Education" title="Education">education</a> and <a href="Lifestyle_(sociology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifestyle (sociology)">lifestyle</a> is no longer an isolated issue but a global concern. Products and services relevant to the "silver industry" or the "mature market" increasingly abound in the marketplace. The demand for designers with a keen sense for the aging population's needs who employ gerontological design process knowledge concomitantly rises.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2></div>

<p>An international academic journal with delayed open-access, <i>Gerontechnology</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://journal.gerontechnology.org/">[1]</a>, is published by the <b>International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG)</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.gerontechnology.org">[2]</a>.

</p><p>A comprehensive volume titled <i>Gerontechnology</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.springerpub.com/gerontechnology-9780826128881.html">[3]</a> edited by Sunkyo Kwon has been published in 2016/2017.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Applications">Applications</h2></div>

<p>Age technology (AgeTech/Agetech) has been used to enhance aspects of insurance, domiciliary care, residential and nursing homes, health care, and risk management. The services may originate from various independent service providers or the interconnection of devices and services enabled through open APIs. Commercial businesses with an ageing component including the opportunities around the “Silver Economy” – providing services for the ‘wants’ of the older demographic, supporting independent living – addressing the ‘needs’ of the older demographic, longevity – extending healthy lifespan and geroscience.

</p><p>In the US, startup Aging2.0 launched in 2015 and has since organized 170 meet-up events, opened volunteer chapters in 30 countries and signed up 30 companies for its own accelerator program. Amongst these, SingFit “makes it easy for everyone to become a music therapist”, WalkJoy is a wearable sensor that measures a person’s gait and alerts caregivers when someone could be about to fall. Active Protective is a personal airbag that inflates to stop someone breaking their hip. And Vynca records a person’s dying wishes, so families aren’t unsure when the time comes. The company Honor, which connects seniors, caregivers and their families, recently raised $20 million, the biggest funding in the emerging category so far. In Europe, London-based AgeTech startup Birdie secured a €7 million Series A to help elderly adults live independently while independent living system Kraydel has raised over £1m in innovation and public sector grants to develop its smart device which sits on top of the TV, linking elderly people to their carers or family members, through their TV screens.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2></div>

<p> The first ISG Masterclass <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070320052817/http://www.phe.bwk.tue.nl/ISGMasterClass/Main_mclass.htm">[4]</a> for PhD students in 2006 produced a scheme to support gerontechnological research.

</p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Gero-Informatics" class="mw-redirect" title="Gero-Informatics">Gero-Informatics</a></li>

<li><a href="Gerontology" title="Gerontology">Gerontology</a></li>

<li><a href="Biomechatronics" title="Biomechatronics">Biomechatronics</a></li></ul>

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</style><cite id="CITEREFMinistry_of_Community_Development,_Committee_on_Ageing_Issues2006" class="citation web cs1">Ministry of Community Development, Committee on Ageing Issues (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071028115440/http://www.mcys.gov.sg/successful_ageing/report/CAI_report.pdf">"Report on the Ageing population. Demographic Realities: Opportunities and Challenges"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mcys.gov.sg/successful_ageing/report/CAI_report.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on October 28, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 31,</span> 2008</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gerontechnology.info/">The International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG)</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.linkedin.com/grps/Gerontechnology-ISG-1945469/about?">The official LinkedIn discussion group of ISG</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.microsoft.com/enable/aging/default.aspx">Aging and Accessible Technology</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://agelab.mit.edu/">MIT AgeLab</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.agingtech.org/">Center for Aging Services Technologies (CAST)</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.health-smarthomes.org/">IMIA Working Group on Smart Homes and Ambient Assisted Living</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://faculty.cua.edu/tran/gsa-tag/index.htm">Gerontological Society of America: Formal Interest Group on Technology & Aging</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aal-europe.eu/">Active and Assisted Living Programme</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://geriatrics.indiana.edu/geroinformatics/">Indiana University Gero-informatics Program</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gerontotechnik.de/">GGT Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontotechnik – GGT German Society of Gerontechnology</a></li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.fikresearch.com/index_archivos/FIK_eng.htm">FIK</a> research program implemented by Tecnalia Research & Innovation</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.upc.edu/cetpd/home.htm">Technical Research Centre for Dependency Care and Autonomous Living (CETpD)</a> created by the <a href="Polytechnic_University_of_Catalonia" title="Polytechnic University of Catalonia">UPC</a> and Fundació Hospital Comarcal Sant Antoni Abat.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gerontechnologie.net/">Gerontechnologie.net</a> The French web portal about Gerontechnology.</li></ul></div><div><div class="zim-footer">

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