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Supportive Systems for Active and Healthy Aging

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Dr. Oscar Ribeiro Dear Colleagues, Center for Health Technology and Services Research The world population is aging in an unprecedented (CINTESIS), Department of manner and the challenges for improving the lives of older Education and Psychology of the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810- adults, their families, and the communities in which they 193, Portugal live are currently a strong political priority. The World [email protected] Health Organization has recently endorsed the proposal for a ‘Decade for Healthy Ageing’ (2020–2030) that provides a Dr. Anabela Silva set of priorities ranging from policy creations that enable Center for Health Technology people to live long and healthy lives, to collecting better and Services Research (CINTESIS), Superior School of global data on healthy aging, aligning the actual needs of Health Sciences of the University older people with the health systems, and ensuring long- of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, term care services that also support caregivers. Portugal [email protected] This Special Issue focuses on research on supportive systems for older adults, including a wide range of topics Prof. Dr. Nelson P. Rocha that focus on the promotion of aging in place solutions Institute of Electronics and within an active and healthy aging approach. Topics of Informatics Engineering (IEETA), interest include but are not limited to research on digital Department of Medical Sciences of the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, solutions specifically targeting older adults’ autonomy, 3810-193, Portugal independence, health, wellbeing, and social [email protected] connectedness.

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