Smart ageing with sway: Opportunities and challenges
Smart ageing is the process of leveraging accessible socio-ecological opportunities to proactively build the desired lifestyle and preferred quality of life as people age. Different from other ageing models, smart ageing views the ageing process from a socio-ecological perspective, a process which is shaped by the interplay of social, cultural, economic, political, and technological factors, along with medical ones. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach and pre-emptively defining a “universal” factor that decides the ageing process, smart ageing respects and emphasises individuals’ agency and efficacy in deciding what is important and appropriate to their well-being and designing their own ageing journey. While smart ageing can be a solution to population ageing, ingrained inequality issues like the digital divide can nevertheless hinder its ability to help people age at their own pace and with grace. To shed light on the issue, this paper examines the tsunami of social issues population ageing could unleash, and discusses how the smart ageing model—along with its opportunities and challenges—can help people better navigate their ageing adventure.
Authors
- Ali Cheshmehzangi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2657-4865)
- Zhaohui Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2005-9504)
- Dean McDonnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6043-8272)
- Junaid Aḥmad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8580-7529)
- Sabina Šegalo
- Yu‐Tao Xiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2906-0029)
- Barry L. Bentley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4360-5902)
- Yifan Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4002-9433)
- Jianlin Jiang
- Ruijie Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0246-2204)
- Claudimar Pereira da Veiga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4960-5954)
- Chee H. Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3811-2732)
- Xiao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-8513)
- Xin Yu
- Xinxin Wu
- Ruru Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3529-4796)
- Yayra Kweku Adobor
- Tumaresi Alimu
Institutions
- University of Sarajevo (BA)
- Harvard University (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Macau (MO)
- St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (AU)
- Technological University Dublin (IE)
- Melbourne Clinic (AU)
- University College London (GB)
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- Southeast University (CN)
- Nanjing Medical University (CN)
- Cardiff Metropolitan University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100079
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.71
Funders
- National University's Basic Research Foundation of China