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Healthy ageing
Healthy ageing explores how people can maintain wellbeing and quality of life as they grow older in an increasingly digital world. This theme looks at the diverse factors that shape ageing experiences – from health and individual needs to social, cultural and environmental contexts.
It highlights how digital technologies can support older adults in their daily lives, while recognising that they are only one part of a broader set of solutions. By taking a holistic and human-centred approach, this theme emphasises the importance of inclusive, flexible and context-aware strategies to support ageing well.
Growing old in an adopted land
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Ágnes Szabó
Senior Lecturer in Health and a Rutherford Discovery Fellow in the School of Health at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
In this series, Ágnes Szabó explores how ageing is experienced by migrant communities, showing how social and cultural contexts shape wellbeing. Her work highlights that while digital technologies can help older migrants stay connected, their impact varies, calling for more inclusive and context-aware approaches.
Her project, ‘Growing old in an adopted land’ focuses on the ageing experience of migrant communities in Aotearoa. In her work, she integrates life course approaches and acculturation theory with critical gerontology and is interested in the social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing.
One key scientific article: Szabo and colleagues (2019), Longitudinal analysis of the relationship between purpose of Internet use and well-being among older adults. Published at The Gerontologist. Access here.
Technology and wellbeing in later life
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In this series, Thomas Boll explores how older adults cope with health-related limitations, showing that technology can help but is only one part of a wider set of strategies. From self-help and professional support to animals and spiritual practices, his work highlights the need for individualized, context-aware approaches to assistive care and healthy ageing.
His research focus is on developmental and ageing processes. Most recently he studies the use of technological solutions amongst people with health problems.
One key scientific article: Abri and Boll (2020), Aging, technology, and psychology. Published at European Psychologist. Access here.