Supporting people to age-in-place: Prototyping a multi-sided health and wellbeing platform in a living lab setting

Wally J.W. Keijzer-Broers*, Lucas Florez-Atehortua, Mark de Reuver

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Abstract

A key challenge elderly people face is the ability to live independently. Losing their everyday independence is a major concern for the elderly, partly because they fear this could lead to an involuntary move to an assisted living facility instead of living independently. Since 2015, the Dutch government encourages their citizens to age-in-place, but at the same time struggles with how to implement new healthcare regulations. To support both government and citizens, we propose a digital platform to match supply and demand in the health and wellbeing domain. Such a platform should not only enable end-users to enhance self-management, but also support them to find solutions for everyday problems related to aging-in-place. To illustrate our Action Design Research we established a Living Lab in a metropolitan area in the Netherlands, and developed a prototype of the proposed platform in a real-life setting.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTransforming Healthcare Through Information Systems - Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Information Systems Development
EditorsChris Barry, Michael Lang, Christoph Schneider, Henry Linger, Doug Vogel, Xitong Guo
PublisherSpringer
Pages153-165
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783319301327
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event24th International Conference on Information Systems Development, ISD 2015 - Harbin, China
Duration: 25 Aug 201527 Aug 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation
Volume17
ISSN (Print)2195-4968
ISSN (Electronic)2195-4976

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Information Systems Development, ISD 2015
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period25/08/1527/08/15

Keywords

  • Action design research
  • Age-in-place
  • Health and wellbeing platform
  • Living lab
  • Smart living

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