Publication type: Conference paper
Type of review: Peer review (publication)
Title: The best of both worlds : combining digital and human AAL advisory services for older adults
Authors: Bertel, Diotima
Teles, Soraia
Strohmeier, Flora
Vieira-Marques, Pedro
Schmitter, Paul
Ruscher, Stefan H.
Paúl, Constança
Kofler, Andrea Ch.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15736-4_4
Proceedings: Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health
Editors of the parent work: Bamidis, Panagiotis D.
Ziefle, Martina
Maciaszek, Leszek A.
Page(s): 66
Pages to: 82
Conference details: 4th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (ICT4AWE), Funchal, Portugal, 22-23 March 2018
Issue Date: 2019
Series: Communications in Computer and Information Science
Series volume: 982
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Springer
Publisher / Ed. Institution: Heidelberg
ISBN: 978-3-030-15736-4
Language: English
Subjects: Engagement platforms & engagement ecosystem; Ambient assisted living (AAL); Ageing well; Digital and human advisor; Authorized active advisor; ICT
Subject (DDC): 004: Computer science
610: Medicine and health
Abstract: Technological developments in the last 20 years have been instrumental in service provision by offering new means of interaction among stakeholders in virtual environments. However, in most service sectors, the consumer journey is growing in complexity, which calls for a multifaceted service logic. While a number of ICT companies have been expanding their portfolio from an entirely virtual to additional physical experience, a seamless merger of both physical and virtual worlds in service provision may still be some way off. This applies to advisory services for Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) solutions, a recently opened market of great importance in the contemporary ageing society. In this position paper, we expand on the concepts of engagement platforms and engagement ecosystems to argue that an integration of physical and virtual worlds is necessary for AAL advisory services. We first determine the extent to which current service platforms are acting as ‘engagement platforms’ by presenting key insights from an analysis of platforms and services promoting AAL products for older adults. The focus lays on the stakeholder involvement, the interaction and feedback features. Second, we identify the key features that a platform must have to qualify as an engagement platform. Third, the debate delves deeper on how to integrate both virtual and physical dimensions in an optimal solution for stakeholders’ engagement. Finally, we present the concept of an ‘Authorized Active Advisor’ as a solution of utmost relevance in this field due to preferences evidenced by older age groups and to insufficiencies exposed in most service platforms, such as lack of personalization and interaction features.
URI: https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17345
Fulltext version: Published version
License (according to publishing contract): Licence according to publishing contract
Departement: Life Sciences and Facility Management
Organisational Unit: Institute of Facility Management (IFM)
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Bertel, D., Teles, S., Strohmeier, F., Vieira-Marques, P., Schmitter, P., Ruscher, S. H., Paúl, C., & Kofler, A. Ch. (2019). The best of both worlds : combining digital and human AAL advisory services for older adults [Conference paper]. In P. D. Bamidis, M. Ziefle, & L. A. Maciaszek (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health (pp. 66–82). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15736-4_4
Bertel, D. et al. (2019) ‘The best of both worlds : combining digital and human AAL advisory services for older adults’, in P.D. Bamidis, M. Ziefle, and L.A. Maciaszek (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 66–82. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15736-4_4.
D. Bertel et al., “The best of both worlds : combining digital and human AAL advisory services for older adults,” in Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, 2019, pp. 66–82. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-15736-4_4.
BERTEL, Diotima, Soraia TELES, Flora STROHMEIER, Pedro VIEIRA-MARQUES, Paul SCHMITTER, Stefan H. RUSCHER, Constança PAÚL und Andrea Ch. KOFLER, 2019. The best of both worlds : combining digital and human AAL advisory services for older adults. In: Panagiotis D. BAMIDIS, Martina ZIEFLE und Leszek A. MACIASZEK (Hrsg.), Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. Conference paper. Heidelberg: Springer. 2019. S. 66–82. ISBN 978-3-030-15736-4
Bertel, Diotima, Soraia Teles, Flora Strohmeier, Pedro Vieira-Marques, Paul Schmitter, Stefan H. Ruscher, Constança Paúl, and Andrea Ch. Kofler. 2019. “The Best of Both Worlds : Combining Digital and Human AAL Advisory Services for Older Adults.” Conference paper. In Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and E-Health, edited by Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Martina Ziefle, and Leszek A. Maciaszek, 66–82. Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15736-4_4.
Bertel, Diotima, et al. “The Best of Both Worlds : Combining Digital and Human AAL Advisory Services for Older Adults.” Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and E-Health, edited by Panagiotis D. Bamidis et al., Springer, 2019, pp. 66–82, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15736-4_4.


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