Western society is characterized by increasing ageing. Due to ageing of the population, countries are dealing with increasing financial needs in providing adequate social, health and housing care as well as the issue of insufficient capacities and long waiting lists at hospitals and retirement homes. One of society’s responses to these issues is also the idea that elderly people should be given the opportunity to stay in their home environment as long as possible, capable of living as independently as possible with high quality of life. International research shows that this could be achieved by developing new information and communication technologies (ICT), which would provide remote home care. In the article opportunities, problems and solutions of a remote home care system as part of the regular or general health and social care system for the elderly are presented.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 55799906Urban planning is facing major challenges in harmonizing of possible structural gaps between the built environment and ageing. The built environment is an important factor that affects the quality of human life, especially the elderly. Urban planning should therefore be sustained also in the context of an ageing society, since it plays an important role in enabling for older people to remain active members of society, especially local communities, in which they reside, despite their the mobility, sensory and cognitive difficulties. Barrier free access to the built environment, use of transportation infrastructure and diversity of housing supply can positively affect the experience of ageing.
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