Impact of music on wellbeing of older persons and their technology acceptance of IoT Ring as the measuring device

Abstract

Purpose The aging of the population is a major challenge facing superageing places around the world. More policies are introduced to support expand the service capacity and provide a community-based, high-quality, universal, affordable, diverse and continuous comprehensive long-term care system. New elderly medical and care service models are designed to create a healthy, energetic, happy and elderly-friendly communities. In addition, providing health promotion and management for healthy and sub-healthy elderly people can slow down aging, improve the quality of life of the elderly, and indirectly reduce medical costs. This is also a strategy adopted by countries around the world to face the challenge of an aging population.The application of science and technology in health promotion and long-term care is a global trend that has emerged in recent years. The longevity industry has unlimited business opportunities for the application of digital technology, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) and other technologies in smart hospitals, rehabilitation, remote home care, elderly care, etc. A research study which uses an IoT ring from LeadTek (Taiwan) to closely monitor the impact of music on improving the well-being of the elderly in Singapore and Taiwan and Canada communities. The elderly in the three countries have similar characteristics in the cultural, psychological and social environment. This study will be jointly conducted by National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU), Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. Method An exploratory mixed qualitative and quantitative research method to study the acceptance of the IoT ring by the elderly using Senior Technology Acceptance Model (STAM), QoL, and Subjective Happiness questionnaires. The IoT ring will be collecting the Heart rate variability (HRV) and Autonomous nervous system to calculate the sleep quality and biological age of up to 80 participants. Results and Discussion In addition, the collaboration between the three universities and Leadtek Technology can contribute valuable research results to the important global challenge of promoting healthy aging. We will also investigate how older people’s attitudes toward IoT rings, music activities affect various physical and mental functions of individuals, such as sociability, value relatedness, or reduction of cognitive dissonance.