Mobile Health Devices for Aging Population Groups: A Review Study

At present the demographic changes cause a gradual, but permanent growth of older generation groups. This trend of aging results in serious problems such as incidence of aging diseases, social and economic burden. Therefore there is considerable effort to maintain this population group active and healthy as long as possible. One of the ways of doing this is the exploitation of the so-called mobile health devices which can provide people with information on their health, reminders for scheduled visits, medication instructions, or consulting a doctor at a distance. The purpose of this review study is to explore mobile health devices which are effectively used by older people for the enhancement or maintenance of their state of health. In addition, the author of this review study lists the main benefits and limitations of mobile health devices for older people. The methods used for the discussion of this topic include a method of literature search, a method of comparison and evaluation of the selected sources.

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