Digital Technologies and Aging in South Asia and Middle East Transforming Elderly Care

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Biographies of contributors

Part 1

Chapter 1. Graying Population and the Digital Divide: Navigating the Issues and Prioritizing User-Friendly Interfaces

Yasir Ashraf, Akhila Johnson

Chapter 2. Digital Transformation and Sustainability in Aged Care: Innovative Practices and Policy Perspectives

Fulya Şenay Avcı and Glenn W. Muschert

Chapter 3. Bibliometric Analysis of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Studies in Elderly Care

Emine Özmete, Melike Pak and Sinem Cavlak

Part 2

Chapter 4. Wearable Technology for Elderly Health: Innovations, Applications, and Social Policy in South Asia and Other Developing Regions

Maha Awan

Chapter 5. Smart Technologies for Cognitive Decline: Innovation in Dementia and Alzheimer’s care

Garima Wadhwa

Chapter 6. AI-Driven Assistive Robotics: Redefining Elderly Independence in Developing Nations

Kashmi Mondal and Rajeev Verma

Chapter 7. Smart Home Innovations for the Elderly

Shefali Walia

Part 3

Chapter 8. India’s Policy Response to Digital Aging: Ensuring Inclusivity and Accessibility

Aradhana Yadav, Sheeba Khalid and Driss Ed.Daran

Chapter 9. Bridging the Digital Divide: Gerontechnology Adoption Among Institutionalized Older Adults

Satish Kr Gupta

Part 4

Chapter 10. Telemedicine for Elderly Care: Bridging Gaps and Navigating Challenges in South Asia and Other Developing Regions

Maha Awan

Chapter 11. Cultural Barriers to Technology Adoption in Elderly Care: Challenges and Opportunities in India

Sonia Sharma and Piyali Sarkar

Chapter 12. Cash-Based Assistance for Social Inclusion of Survivors of War in the Digital Age

Nkole Zulu, Mwamba Kapambwe, and Yvonne Nawila

Chapter 13. Attitudes Toward Technological Advancements in Digital Services in India

Raushan Kumar, Niranjan Deo Pathak, Pavnesh Kumar, Chirag Dhankhar

Chapter 14. Enhancing Elderly Care in India: Linking Wearable Technology with Digital Healthcare Initiatives

Swaty Wadhwa and. Rupali Rawat

Chapter 15. Transforming Dementia Care in India: The Promises and Challenges of AI and Digital Health Technologies

Anganabha Baruah and Ilika Guha Majumdar

Part 5

Chapter 16. The Future of Elderly Care: Digital Solutions and International Collaborations.

Malobika Bose and Jayanti Srivastava

Appendix

Index

Biography

Sheeba Khalid is a senior academician and Assistant Professor of Sociology at Amity Law School, Amity University, Lucknow, India, with over 16 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic leadership. She has completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Social Gerontology and specializes in sociology, gerontology, and interdisciplinary studies, with a strong focus on digitalization, ageing, and social policy in South Asia and the Middle East. Dr. Khalid has made significant contributions to curriculum development, interdisciplinary pedagogy, and institutional governance, and has an extensive publication record in Scopus-indexed and peer-reviewed international journals. She currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and is the recipient of the Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship Award (2024–25), instituted in collaboration with the United Nations, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to education, research, and social development.

Glenn W. Muschert is a professor of sociology at Khalifa University, UAE, with a distinguished academic career marked by global engagement, scholarly leadership, and interdisciplinary research. His work addresses key themes in digital inequality, social justice, media sociology, and public health. Dr. Muschert has published extensively on social problems and global transformations, contributing significantly to contemporary sociological discourse.

Driss Ed. Daran is an academician and assistant professor of international law at the UAEU, with over 11 years of teaching experience across diverse universities. He earned his Ph.D. from the College of Law, Wuhan University, and has served as a legal counsellor on legal and judicial matters with a local government in Morocco. Dr. Daran was awarded a research grant from the UAEU for his project on the legal and ethical justification of human organ donation. His research focuses on international law and sustainable development, with expertise in comparative legal systems and the ethical dimensions of global governance.