The impact of online social community platforms on the elderly daily activities: A systematic literature review

Abstract

Background: Social integration can satisfy human’s needs of being loved and wanted and so communication with other people like family and friends is very important. Online social communities can have a positive effect on elder people, especially those in the retirement age group and above. Objective : To investigates the current-state-of-the-art of the online social community platform for the elderly and its effect on the elderly people’s daily activities. Method : A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method is conducted to collect and review studies. Following a predefined review procedure, we identified 31 literature papers within the ye ars 2015-2019 present research on online social communities for the elders. We analysed and classified the papers based on its themes and purpose, to understand the current state-of-the-art focus. This study further carves out the grey area in the domain with offers a related discussion and conclusions. Results : The current-state-of-the-art is mostly focused on providing an easy interface for the elderly with social platforms. This is achieved either through integrating the social platform with commonly ava ilable household devices like TV, voice-to-command system for social media interaction or in developing specialized social media platforms. A lot of literature also try to combine health monitoring with social media. The positive impact of social media use is also studied across the literature. Conclusion : There are still quite a few domain gaps in the current state-of-the-art as much literature avoids focusing on the active ageing part of an elder with social media integration. This domain can be explored better to provide a much more positive impactful and efficient social platform system for the elders.