Mobile technology holds promise for supporting treatment and care processes for older adults. However, we know little about their views and experience when they use technological tools to manage their health, especially ...

Enhancing physical activity (PA) is recognized as a powerful intervention for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases and disability in older people. Furthermore, there is an agreement that increased PA in daily ...

The addiction to technology of older persons is an emerging field,because the literature tends to focus only on the benefits of the use of technologyin this age group. Along with this, there is interest in how participation ...

Objective: To compare the parameters of gait kinematics of older adults with cognitive impairment who live in community dwellings or those living or spending most of the time in non-family environment settings. Methods: ...

El presente trabajo investiga con una mirada crítica y propositiva a los trabajadores de edad en Chile para luego construir una definición, con perspectiva laboral, de “trabajadores de edad” y “envejecimiento activo laboral” ...

Most traffic accidents involving pedestrians happen during street crossing. Safe street crossing by older adults requires complex planning and imposes high cognitive demands. Understanding how street crossing situations ...

Aim: To determine the association between multimorbidity and gait speed in a population-based sample of older people without functional dependency. Methods: Data were obtained from a previously made cross-sectional ...