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Towards the development of a meetup application to enhance the quality of life among elderly
Dimitrov, Krisiyan (2023) Towards the development of a meetup application to enhance the quality of life among elderly.
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| Abstract: | The elderly population in the Netherlands is rapidly growing. As aging in place is preferred among the older generation, it is of great importance to provide all the assistance seniors need to sustain a high quality of life. As technology evolves, it provides support aiming to improve elderly lives. Unfortunately, a failure to understand the needs of the elderly creates a major obstacle to the acceptance of technology among the older generation. This study aims to identify how the quality of life among the elderly can be enhanced by improving social interactions in person. For this purpose, the study proposes a mobile meetup application called Elderlynk. The goal of the application is to provide a platform where the elderly can meet like-minded people. In order to justify the design choices user testing was conducted in the form of an interview. The results of the interview indicate that this concept has the potential to become a real application. However, before this happens additional research is needed to prove that Elderlynk will be accepted by the target group and enhance their quality of life. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Subject: | 56 civil engineering |
| Programme: | Computer Science BSc (56964) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96409 |
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