Thessaloniki Active and Healthy Aging Living Lab (Thess-AHALL) at AUTH promotes regional development and healthcare sustainability through innovative technologies. It collaborates with end-users and stakeholders to enhance health, social conditions, and independent living. Mobile health (mHealth) solutions can improve healthcare outcomes for older adults by enhancing accessibility, medication adherence, and disease management. To address obstacles like digital literacy and privacy concerns, Thess-AHALL plans co-creation sessions and workshops with stakeholders to define needs and specifications for mHealth technologies. The goal is to develop tailored solutions that meet older adults’ preferences and improve self-management abilities. Key interventions include identifying needs and barriers to mHealth technology adoption.
Title:Utilizing mHealth technologies towards Active Age-Living
Partner: AUTH
Type: Interventional study (educational intervention)
Target: Older adults aged 60+ (Healthy, MCI, mild Dementia, Frail), informal caregivers and healthcare professionals (secondary stakeholders, non-intervention)
Focus: Enhancing the digital and health literacy of older adults through participatory educational interventions and digital health tools
Type of prevention targeted: Primary prevention (empowerment through education and digital health literacy upskilling to support active aging and everyday living autonomy)
Objective: Assess the impact of a co-created, multi-phase educational intervention, using both traditional & online teaching methods, experiential learning and tailored activities to better support and enhance older adults’ self-awareness, health self-management, autonomy and digital health competences.
