Implementation of ICT for Active and Healthy Ageing: Comparing Value-Based Objectives Between Polish and Swedish Seniors

Kolkowska, Ella; Soja, Ewa; Soja, Piotr

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“…It was noticed that information and communication technologies (ICTs) could play a significant role in facilitating active and healthy aging [ 7 ]. Such secure and cost-effective use of ICT in support of health and health-related fields, including health-care services, health literature, and surveillance, as well as health education, knowledge, and research, is referred to as e-Health [ 8 ].…”

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What Determines the Acceptance and Use of eHealth by Older Adults in Poland?

Rój

2022

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An aging population is considered a major challenge for governments and healthcare planners. eHealth is perceived as a tool with the potential to ensure efficient healthcare. Moreover, eHealth services may help older adults to maintain longer life in good health. However, there are still several challenges to the large-scale implementation of these solutions among older adults. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore determinants of the acceptance and use of eHealth by older adults in Poland. Data was collected by the questionnaire, and the UTAUT model was employed. This research covered older adults aged 60 to 69. The analysis of the results using nested regression analysis showed that performance expectancy has a strong significance on the older adults’ acceptance and use of eHealth, followed by effort expectancy and social influence. In contrast, facilitating conditions do not have a significant influence on the acceptance and use of eHealth. These findings may also be beneficial for the government to provide relative policies to support the development and usage of eHealth services as well as for the healthcare devices industry to design more older adult-oriented products.

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What Determines the Acceptance and Use of eHealth by Older Adults in Poland?

Rój

2022

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“…Similarly, the life expectancy of 65-year-olds in Sweden is the longest, but significant differences are visible for healthy years, and especially for men. Such differences affect the perception of help in an active and healthy life, or the need to develop a given type of digital solutions [16,27]. Therefore, we believe that the adopted age group is adequate to investigate possible differences in the perception of value (preferences) in the context of "activities" and ICT that can change with increasing age due to health constraints [5].…”

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Supporting Seniors in Independent and Healthy Ageing through ICT: Insights from a Value-Focused Thinking Study in Latvia, Poland and Sweden

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Kolkowska³

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Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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The 2019 WHO symposium on the future of digital health systems emphasized the importance of putting the individuals at the center of their own health and well-being. Consequently, strategies for active and healthy ageing should comply with older people's needs and requirements. In this paper, we applied the value-focused thinking approach to investigate the values held by seniors in Latvia, Poland and Sweden in the context of implementation of ICT for active and healthy ageing. Based on interviews with seniors, thirteen value-based objectives were identified and compared with domains of Active Ageing Index (AAI), a country-level measure of healthy and active ageing. The main findings imply that ICT is an important means of attaining the higher level of the AAI. To this end, taking into consideration value-based objectives held by seniors appears a necessary condition. Further, the results suggest that AAI index should be adjusted to the needs of seniors.

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“…The results of the Social Diagnosis from 2015 enable us to conclude that rural residents' competence in using the latest devices is increasing, including among the elderly [75]. There are also other studies indicating that this group uses new technologies increasingly often and has a more positive attitude towards them [76,77]. The need to digitise rural areas has been recognised in research carried out in other countries, to mention the United States, Germany, Italy and Slovenia [60,78].…”

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Smart Villages: Where Can They Happen?

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Stanny

2020

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The European Union is actively promoting the idea of “smart villages”. The increased uptake of new technology and in particular, the use of the internet, is seen as a vital part of strategies to combat rural decline. It is evident that those areas most poorly connected to the internet are those confronted by the greatest decline. The analysis in this paper is based on Poland, which at the time of EU accession had many deeply disadvantaged rural areas. Using fine-grained socio-economic data, an association can be found between weak internet access and rural decline in Poland. The preliminary conclusions about the utility of the smart village concept as a revitalisation tool for rural Poland point to theoretical and methodological dilemmas. Barriers to the concept’s implementation are also observed, although there is a chance they may be overcome with the continued spread of information and communication technologies in rural areas.

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Implementation of ICT for Active and Healthy Ageing: Comparing Value-Based Objectives Between Polish and Swedish Seniors

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

What Determines the Acceptance and Use of eHealth by Older Adults in Poland?

What Determines the Acceptance and Use of eHealth by Older Adults in Poland?

Supporting Seniors in Independent and Healthy Ageing through ICT: Insights from a Value-Focused Thinking Study in Latvia, Poland and Sweden

Smart Villages: Where Can They Happen?

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