Smart health
This research area mainly focuses on developing and applying new technology for clinical use.
Research topics include building new equipment and interventions to enhance screening, diagnostic, and treatment techniques, which hopes to reduce the need for frequent clinical visits or specimen taking.
Smart intelligence
This research area focuses on developing smart strategies to maintain effective communication and self-management.
Ageing society often struggles with effective communication due to weakening verbal ability. Research topic includes studying different strategies to enhance the communication ability of older people, leading to better self-management ability.
Smart environment
This research area focuses on innovative approaches to prevent gradual health-harmful diseases.
Many geriatrics diseases can be prevented, or prevent from deterioration with a better-designed environment.
Not only the quality of life of the aged group can be enhanced, but the saved medical cost can also be put on other areas to benefit other stakeholders.
Smart society
This research area focuses on innovative social engagement and community services approaches and
forward-looking policies to support aging societies.
Aging is not a disease or a problem, with the support of the different parties, the aging population could also bring up more opportunities and brings motivation to achieve an aging-friendly society.
Gerontechnology
The research topic focuses on novel solutions and approaches for the older people and their carers.
The increasing aged population requires more manpower and resources to provide care taking. Latest techology can reduce the burden of care taker by enhancing the self-management ability of aged groups. New solutions are also being sorted to support the older people and care takers in different aspects.
