Exploring the role of smart cities in supporting ageing-in-place in Chongqing, China

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q4 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY

Australasian Journal on Ageing Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI:10.1111/ajag.13301

Ryan Woolrych, Manlin Li

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Abstract

Objective

Through interviews with older adults and professionals in Chongqing, China, this paper explores the challenges and opportunities faced by smart cities that undertake to better support ageing-in-place.

Methods

We undertook a qualitative multi-methods approach, engaging 46 professional stakeholders and 64 older people to examine the role of smart cities in enabling older people to age-in-place in Chongqing, China.

Results

With the development of smart cities, technology has the potential to facilitate ageing-in-place by creating opportunities for heathy and active ageing. This study identified specific priorities in delivering age-friendly smart cities, including the following: shaping smart environments around the everyday lives of older people, designing inclusive and equitable smart cities and ensuring strong forms of institutional governance, trust and relationship building with older people.

Conclusions

The age-friendly city and communities movement (AFCC) and smart city policy instruments have potential for realising active ageing by supporting mobility, access to services and civic participation. However, there exists a disconnect between smart city policy and practice in delivering tangible well-being outcomes for older people. Addressing this requires greater cross-sectoral working, reconciling smart city policy priorities with AFCC domains and creating the institutional and governance framework to enable socially sustainable cities to support ageing-in-place.

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探索智慧城市在支持中国重庆就地养老方面的作用。

目的：本文通过对中国重庆市老年人和专业人士的访谈，探讨智慧城市在更好地支持居家养老方面所面临的挑战和机遇：本文通过对中国重庆市老年人和专业人士的访谈，探讨了智慧城市在更好地支持居家养老方面所面临的挑战和机遇：我们采用了多种定性方法，与 46 位专业利益相关者和 64 位老年人进行了访谈，以研究中国重庆市的智慧城市在促进老年人就地养老方面所发挥的作用：结果：随着智慧城市的发展，技术有可能通过创造健康和积极养老的机会来促进就地养老。这项研究确定了建设老年友好型智慧城市的具体优先事项，包括以下内容：围绕老年人的日常生活打造智慧环境，设计具有包容性和公平性的智慧城市，以及确保强有力的机构治理形式、信任以及与老年人建立关系：结论：老年友好型城市和社区运动（AFCC）和智慧城市政策工具通过支持流动性、获得服务和公民参与，具有实现积极老龄化的潜力。然而，在为老年人提供切实的福祉成果方面，智慧城市政策与实践之间存在脱节。要解决这一问题，就需要加强跨部门合作，协调智慧城市政策优先事项与老龄问题全球倡议领域，并建立制度和治理框架，使社会可持续发展的城市能够支持就地养老。

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来源期刊

Australasian Journal on Ageing 医学-老年医学

CiteScore

3.10

自引率

6.20%

发文量

114

审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： Australasian Journal on Ageing is a peer reviewed journal, which publishes original work in any area of gerontology and geriatric medicine. It welcomes international submissions, particularly from authors in the Asia Pacific region.