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ACTIVE AGING - JAN KRÜGER CONCLUSIONS
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

SUMMARISING GROUP For increasingly aging population the following key aspects are most

RESEARCH influential in enabling and facilitating active aging:

Social participation
Bringing together the research about technology and

- Enabling mobility
economics, views on growing old, hobbies and lifestyle, - Access to technology and guidance on how to use it

- Representation in politics
health and fitness, aging attitudes in Europe and China - Inclusion in community

- Inter-generational exchange
and demographics and policy we concluded with im-

portant findings in all areas of research. Health and fitness

- Preventative measures such as healthy diet.
- Regular mental and physical exercise.

Improved healthcare

- Good access to health insurance
- Periodic visits with the GP

Attitude towards aging

- Challenge unrealistically negative attitudes about ageing
- Develop societal interventions to influence attitudes and find novel ways of maintaining health in later life

Technology

- More accessible and assistive
- Bring people together, rather than segregating them
- Make people feel less isolated/stigmatized
- Programs to aid the elderly deal with the rapid change in technology