Sport And Wellness Technology Enhancing The Physical Activity And Wellbeing Of Elderly Population

Abstract

The purpose of this TREO-paper is to introduce and discuss about our upcoming research project DigitalWells, which will start in summer 2024. More importantly, the aim of this paper is to get ideas and opinion of other researchers about the topic so that we can develop and focus our research ideas even better. DigitalWells is a research project that will form, support, and maintain sustainable HEPA programs for large groups of young elderly and seniors. Elderly people are often a minority group when it comes to using sport and wellness technology and their demands or requests are not usually taken into account when developing the technology. The purpose of the DigitalWells program is to find ways how to encourage and motivate elderly people towards physical activity with the help of sport and wellness technology.