Personal and Pervasive Health Care for the Elderly
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Epidemiology & Public Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2026 | Viewed by 77
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As populations around the world age rapidly, the demand for innovative health care solutions tailored to the elderly has grown significantly. Traditional hospital-based systems are often inadequate for addressing the chronic illnesses, frailty, cognitive decline, and social isolation that older adults face. Over the past two decades, advances in mobile health (mHealth), wearable sensors, artificial intelligence, and pervasive computing have laid the foundation for personalized, continuous, and home-based health care delivery. These developments are reshaping elderly care by integrating preventive, diagnostic, and therapeutic interventions into everyday environments.
This Special Issue aims to highlight cutting-edge research, frameworks, and practical solutions that leverage pervasive and personalized technologies to enhance elderly health care. The scope includes not only technological innovations but also interdisciplinary perspectives spanning medicine, nursing, gerontology, social sciences, and policy. By providing a forum for diverse contributions, the issue seeks to inform the design, deployment, and evaluation of systems that ensure safety, autonomy, dignity, and quality of life for older adults.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Wearable and ambient sensors for continuous health monitoring;
- AI-driven predictive models for early detection of chronic conditions and frailty;
- Mobile and telemedicine platforms for personalized interventions;
- Cognitive computing and digital therapeutics for dementia and mental health;
- Human–computer interaction for older adults, including usability and accessibility;
- Data privacy, ethics, and security in elderly health care systems;
- Integration of pervasive health systems into formal and informal care networks.
We invite original research articles, systematic/narrative/literature/integrative reviews, meta-analyses, and perspectives that
- Present innovative technical solutions with real-world applicability;
- Provide interdisciplinary insights linking technology with clinical or caregiving practices;
- Demonstrate rigorous evaluation methods, including trials, simulations, or user studies with elderly participants;
Highlight challenges and propose future research directions for scalable and sustainable health care systems.
Dr. Yupin Aungsuroch
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- pervasive health care
- personalized medicine
- elderly care
- wearable and ambient sensors
- smart homes
- telemedicine
- assistive robotics
- AI in health care
- cognitive health
- gerontechnology
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