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Digital Identity and Quality of Life Technologies in the Older Adults

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In a social context characterised by over-ageing, digitalisation and general virtualisation in the most developed societies, this chapter on the concept of quality of life technologies presents a series of technology resources adapted to the needs of the elderly as a technologically vulnerable age group. Technologies in areas that favour social stimulation, psychological well-being and improved social interaction all play an essential role in changing the traditional gerontological model in favour of a vision of active, healthy ageing with participation in the community, increasingly connected to technological virtualisation processes. Finally, in the chapter we accept that this change necessarily entails encouraging processes of technology acceptance and use by the elderly, impacting on the decisive role of the emotional component in these processes, leading to greater technology acceptance rates as a necessary step for shaping digital identity in old age.

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Martín-García, A.V., Murciano-Hueso, A., Torrijos-Fincias, P., Gutiérrez-Pérez, B.M. (2021). Digital Identity and Quality of Life Technologies in the Older Adults. In: Muñoz-Rodríguez, J.M. (eds) Identity in a Hyperconnected Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85788-2_12

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