Anticipated Gerontechnology Needs in Later Life: eHealth Literacy, Adult Children's Support, and Age-Group Variation in Urban China.

Authors

Yuhan Gao, Yajun Song

Published in

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society. Pages 7334648261499909. Oct 19, 2026. Epub Oct 19, 2026.

Abstract

BackgroundGerontechnology supports ageing in place, but older adults' anticipated needs before adoption remain understudied.ObjectiveWe examined anticipated gerontechnology needs among community-dwelling older adults in urban China.MethodsA cross-sectional Shanghai survey (N = 869, aged 60+) used multi-group path analysis to examine safety-monitoring, health-management, and daily-life-convenience needs against eHealth literacy, three types of adult-child support, self-rated health, and sociodemographic factors across three age bands.ResultseHealth literacy was positively associated with safety monitoring (b = .126, p = .002), health management (b = .140, p < .001), and daily-life convenience (b = .158, p < .001), with invariant paths across age bands. Instrumental support was negatively associated with health management (b = -.175, p = .004) and daily-life convenience (b = -.145, p = .019), but not safety monitoring. Emotional support to daily-life convenience differed across age bands (omnibus p = .004), but no within-band coefficient was significant.

PMID:
42895486
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