Mobile health apps and well-being of elderly Singaporeans

Our project, titled “mHealth apps and the well-being of elderly Singaporeans”, is an online feature writing project focused on the issue of mobile health applications and how they relate to the well-being and needs of older adults in Singapore. The website is produced by a group of three final year...

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Main Authors: Xu, Morong, Chen, Xushuang, Zheng, Chunying
Other Authors: Lin Tsui-Chuan, Trisha
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/62717
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Our project, titled “mHealth apps and the well-being of elderly Singaporeans”, is an online feature writing project focused on the issue of mobile health applications and how they relate to the well-being and needs of older adults in Singapore. The website is produced by a group of three final year students, specializing in Journalism, from the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University.Our final website features the definitions of mHealth by various parties, the main types of mobile health applications that are most commonly available to the public, factors affecting usage, responses from elderlies who have tried the applications, views and expectations from doctors and application developers, and responses from people belonging to a younger generation, who may be tasked with caring for elderly family members in future. A more detailed analysis of the abovementioned content will be provided in the later parts of the report.