Ambient Assisted Living Technologies Supporting the Autonomy of Older Adults in a Smart Village: Literature review and research agenda

Rural municipalities in the European Union are ageing faster than urban areas. Consequently, the digital transformations of health and social infrastructure and the development of smart villages could support the increasing number of older adults with declining functional capacities. In this context, social innovations based on the digital transformation of health care and social care delivery systems can support older adults to live autonomously and independently in their communities and postpone or even prevent entering nursing homes. This paper aims to review the research on Smart Villages and to propose a future research agenda.