REVIEW article

Front. Public Health

Sec. Aging and Public Health

Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1560539

This article is part of the Research TopicAdvancing Healthcare AI: Evaluating Accuracy and Future DirectionsView all articles

The Concept, Transformation Logic, Practical Dilemmas and Countermeasures in Promoting the Transformation of Smart-Empowered Elderly-Care Services via New Quality Productive Forces

Provisionally accepted
Liping  FuLiping Fu1Meng  LiMeng Li1*Lanping  HeLanping He1Yanan  FangYanan Fang2*
  • 1Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
  • 2Tianjin Administration Institute, Tianjin, China

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Digitization is gradually becoming integrated into the living contexts of older adults, especially in China. The New Quality Productive Forces (NQPF), one of the tools for the promotion of digitalization, is the key driver in promoting the digital transformation of elderly-care services. Through the extensive review, this study analyzes the effects of NQPF on the development of smart-empowered elderly-care service systems. Results reveals that the digital transformation of elderly-care services is driven by the interactive effects of scientific and technological innovations, digital cognition, and the service systems. In addition, the transformation logic reveals how the elderly-care industry upgrades through a multi-subject coordinated model of the supply-and-demand dimensions under New Quality Productive Forces. This study offers valuable references and insights into the transformation of digital elderly-care services.

Keywords: digitalization, new quality productive forces, smart-empowered elderly-care service systems, transformation logic, digital transformation

Received: 14 Jan 2025; Accepted: 21 Apr 2025.

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* Correspondence:
Meng Li, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Yanan Fang, Tianjin Administration Institute, Tianjin, China

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