Enhancing Digital Health Software for Aged Care: Requirements Understanding with Diverse Human Aspects and Personalised Care Development
The recent growth of the older adult population has led to an increase in interest in technology-supported aged care. However, a lack of healthcare givers, limitations in understanding the emotional, social, physical and mental well-being needs of older adults, and gaps between developers and aged care patients are key challenges.
Software Engineering solutions can play an important role in addressing the issue of such problems and a growing body of literature recognises the role of software engineering in healthcare for older adults' well-being, emotional requirements, and social needs.
Requirements Engineering is a major area of interest within the field of Software Engineering. Requirement Engineering solutions will enhance the utilisation of technology for elderly user well-being and care, the evaluations of such solutions, and the key limitations found in existing primary studies that inspire future research opportunities.
Publications:
Xiao, Y., Grundy, J.C., Madugala, A. Requirements Engineering for Older Adult Digital Health Software: A Systematic Literature Review, Information and Software Technology, vol. 183, July 2025, Elsevier
Project Lead
Yuqing Xiao
Project Team
Professor John Grundy, Dr Anuradha Madugalla