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Gerontechnology & Smart Ageing
Gerontech Users x Tech Companies Focus Group Meeting
While gerontechnology aims to improve the quality of life of the elderly and their caregivers, NGOs are also the key users.
Together with the Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation, the project team from LU’s Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies (APIAS) for the LU Jockey Club Gerontechnology and Smart Ageing Project hosted four focus group meetings in February 2021 for three elderly service organisations and three technology companies to promote the development of user-centric technology.
As part of the “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project: Rural Neighbourhood Development Project”, the competition was organised for secondary school students to develop gerontechnology products tailor-made for the elderly in rural districts. Apart from attending STEM preparation courses, a precious learning element for the students was for them to visit the old residents there and experience the difficulties they had in daily life, and thus promoting intergenerational understanding.
STEM-design Competition on Smart Ageing