Quality of life (QoL) is a broad concept that has many definitions and meanings depending on the context under consideration. It can be perceived as the overall enjoyment of life, and a multidimensional concept which emphasizes the self-perceptions of an individual’s current state of mind, which is affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships, and their relationship to salient features of their environment. On the other hand, demographic data suggests an increased need for workers worldwide and a rapid aging trend in the active workforce as well as in general. This trend of workforce deficit and population aging will be even more prominent in the future. Therefore, in order to have and sustain a healthy, motivated, and productive workforce, but also healthy, independent, and active elderly adults, one must improve their QoL, and vice versa. Improving QoL will improve general public health, and in turn create communities who can contribute in diverse and positive ways to both promote and sustain health for future generations.
The aim of this Research Topic is to initiate the discussion and gather existing work on approaches from various disciplines to create better working and aging conditions in order to improve QoL of the working, and the elderly population.
This topic welcomes submissions of Original Research articles, Review articles, Methods, Policies and Practice Reviews, as well as Opinion pieces on the following and related topics:
• Smart technologies and digital solutions contributing to Quality of Life;
• Policies, methods, and practices contributing to Quality of Life;
• Security and privacy issues of technologies and solutions contributing to Quality of Life;
• Technologies and digital solutions contributing to smart and healthy ageing;
• Policies, methods, and practices contributing to smart and healthy ageing;
• Security and privacy issues related to smart and healthy ageing;
• Technologies and digital solutions contributing to smart and healthy working;
• Policies, methods, and practices contributing to smart and healthy working;
• Security and privacy issues related to smart and healthy working;
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions contributing to Quality of Life;
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions contributing to smart and healthy aging;
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions contributing to smart and healthy working.
Quality of life (QoL) is a broad concept that has many definitions and meanings depending on the context under consideration. It can be perceived as the overall enjoyment of life, and a multidimensional concept which emphasizes the self-perceptions of an individual’s current state of mind, which is affected in a complex way by the person’s physical health, psychological state, personal beliefs, social relationships, and their relationship to salient features of their environment. On the other hand, demographic data suggests an increased need for workers worldwide and a rapid aging trend in the active workforce as well as in general. This trend of workforce deficit and population aging will be even more prominent in the future. Therefore, in order to have and sustain a healthy, motivated, and productive workforce, but also healthy, independent, and active elderly adults, one must improve their QoL, and vice versa. Improving QoL will improve general public health, and in turn create communities who can contribute in diverse and positive ways to both promote and sustain health for future generations.
The aim of this Research Topic is to initiate the discussion and gather existing work on approaches from various disciplines to create better working and aging conditions in order to improve QoL of the working, and the elderly population.
This topic welcomes submissions of Original Research articles, Review articles, Methods, Policies and Practice Reviews, as well as Opinion pieces on the following and related topics:
• Smart technologies and digital solutions contributing to Quality of Life;
• Policies, methods, and practices contributing to Quality of Life;
• Security and privacy issues of technologies and solutions contributing to Quality of Life;
• Technologies and digital solutions contributing to smart and healthy ageing;
• Policies, methods, and practices contributing to smart and healthy ageing;
• Security and privacy issues related to smart and healthy ageing;
• Technologies and digital solutions contributing to smart and healthy working;
• Policies, methods, and practices contributing to smart and healthy working;
• Security and privacy issues related to smart and healthy working;
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions contributing to Quality of Life;
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions contributing to smart and healthy aging;
• Artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions contributing to smart and healthy working.