A New Model to Motivate Older Adults to Participate in Physical Activities

Physical activity (PA) is one of the many factors impacting on ageing. Maintaining a reasonable level of PA weekly can improve both physical and mental health. This study is part of a research project that aims to discover what motivates and prevents older adults to be active, enabling the design of feasible solutions addressing a set of scenarios. This article utilises the literature reviewed to form a theoretic model of PA which will be used as the basis to classify older adults and to create new scenarios to motivate them to be more active in daily lives. The results of this study will guide intervention in product design, service design, and product-service systems.