ArticleThe Gerontologist2024
Innovations for an Aging Society through the Lens of Patent Data.
Article in The Gerontologist, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Aging Like Milk or Fine Wine: Content Analysis of Reactions to One's Future Self on TikTok.JMIR aging · 2026Article
- Preparing the Younger Generation for an Aging Society: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities.Cureus · 2024Review
- #ProtectOurElders: Analysis of Tweets About Older Asian Americans and Anti-Asian Sentiments During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Youth is Prized in Medicine, Old Age is Valued in Law: Analysis of Media Narratives Over 200 Years.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Videos about older adults on TikTok.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesAn aging population creates fertile ground for devising innovations for older adults. By using patents as a proxy for inventive activity, this study sets the stage for understanding the latest innovations being designed for the older population. Insights will pave the way for a better understanding of inventions that could render society more age-friendly on the innovation front. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsTo identify the latest innovations targeted at the older population, we collected all patents (N = 326) issued in 2021, specifically those issued between January 5th and December 28th. Upon removing irrelevant data, 120 patents were retained in the data set. Both inductive and deductive modes of reasoning informed our content analysis of the data.
resultsThree themes surfaced. About half (49.2%) of the patents focused on "Preventive Health, Safety, and Independence" (Theme 1). About 38.3% pertained to "Anti-Aging" (Theme 2) and 12.5% were about the "Pathologization of Old Age" (Theme 3). DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: This is the first study that evaluates the state of innovations for an aging population. While there are inventions aimed at optimizing the well-being of older adults, there are also those designed due to beliefs that see old age as a problem to solve. As the world experiences a demographic shift, it is imperative that collective ingenuity be harnessed to build a society conducive to all facets of the aging experience.
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