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Supporting Active and Healthy Aging - An Assistive Process Improvement Approach

Authors:
Gerhard Chroust
Georg Aumayr

Keywords: Seniors; Process View; Process management; Maturity; Capability; Assessment

Abstract:
Active and Healthy Aging (AHA) is one of the growing concerns and aims of a sustainable society and of the European Union. In many business and industrial enterprises, the adoption ofaprocessviewandtheanalysisoftheprocessestobeperformed has brought about numerous advantages, ranging from clarity and understandability to increased efficiency due to assessment and measurements of quality and capability. In this paper, we apply the process view concepts to the processes needed for Assisted Healthy Aging. The necessary activities are described on an abstract level (i.e., as activity types) and organized in a Process Model. Individual processes are derived (instantiated) from the AHA-model to be enacted by the aging persons, the Seniors, utilizing the human and technical support structure. We discuss the application of the concept of process view in the AHAenvironment, especially pointing out the difference from classical business/industrial processes. A discussion about the possibilities to assess the quality of AHA-processes and their support by a Model Interpreter closes the paper.

Pages: 25 to 30

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: June 25, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3727

ISBN: 978-1-61208-565-4

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from June 25, 2017 to June 29, 2017