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TL;DR
The central finding is that while AAL holds promise for improving quality of life, its implementation remains limited due to barriers like user acceptance, privacy concerns, and technical interoperability.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 3 authors, 2 centres
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The central finding is that while AAL holds promise for improving quality of life, its implementation remains limited due to barriers like user acceptance, privacy concerns, and technical interoperability.
The authors identify that the AAL concept emerged around 2008 and was re-termed in 2014, with a sharp increase in publications in recent years. The review synthesizes findings from various research projects and applications, discussing the main goals of AAL to enable older adults to benefit from digital health services. Key barriers include older adults' limited capacity to absorb ubiquitous technology, ethical and legal concerns over data privacy, and issues with device reliability, safety, and interoperability. The development of AAL services has been uneven, with most efforts focused on small-scale, home-based telemonitoring projects, and a lack of application in non-domestic or urban planning scales. The review concludes by identifying a need for more architectural research and development to address these implementation challenges.