Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United Kingdom
As populations age globally, governments face mounting challenges in reconfiguring healthcare and housing systems to support aging-in-place. This study offers a comparative analysis of South Korea and the United Kingdom, examining how each country integrates digital technologies, such as Artificial...
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| description | As populations age globally, governments face mounting challenges in reconfiguring healthcare and housing systems to support aging-in-place. This study offers a comparative analysis of South Korea and the United Kingdom, examining how each country integrates digital technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), telecare, and smart housing systems, into their aging strategies. South Korea employs a centralized, technology-driven approach that prioritizes the national rollout of AI-enabled smart homes and digital health infrastructure. In contrast, the UK advances a decentralized, community-based model emphasizing social housing, localized care delivery, and telecare integration. Despite these differing trajectories, both nations face shared limitations, including high implementation costs, digital literacy barriers, and concerns about data privacy. Critically, the study finds that the success of aging-in-place efforts is shaped not only by technological capacity but also by governance dynamics, political continuity, and institutional coordination. In response, the paper proposes policy recommendations alongside an ethical framework grounded in transparency, autonomy, informed consent, and equity. Sustainable aging-in-place strategies require not only innovative technologies, but also inclusive governance and ethically robust design to ensure accessibility, trust, and long-term impact. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c573d72ea6754d6fb974ef85bba576e62025-08-20T02:33:31ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092025-05-011510161110.3390/buildings15101611Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United KingdomSuyee Jung0Department of Architecture, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, Republic of KoreaAs populations age globally, governments face mounting challenges in reconfiguring healthcare and housing systems to support aging-in-place. This study offers a comparative analysis of South Korea and the United Kingdom, examining how each country integrates digital technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), telecare, and smart housing systems, into their aging strategies. South Korea employs a centralized, technology-driven approach that prioritizes the national rollout of AI-enabled smart homes and digital health infrastructure. In contrast, the UK advances a decentralized, community-based model emphasizing social housing, localized care delivery, and telecare integration. Despite these differing trajectories, both nations face shared limitations, including high implementation costs, digital literacy barriers, and concerns about data privacy. Critically, the study finds that the success of aging-in-place efforts is shaped not only by technological capacity but also by governance dynamics, political continuity, and institutional coordination. In response, the paper proposes policy recommendations alongside an ethical framework grounded in transparency, autonomy, informed consent, and equity. Sustainable aging-in-place strategies require not only innovative technologies, but also inclusive governance and ethically robust design to ensure accessibility, trust, and long-term impact.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/15/10/1611aging-in-placesmart housinghousing for older peoplecomparative study |
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| title | Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United Kingdom |
| title_full | Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United Kingdom |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United Kingdom |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United Kingdom |
| title_short | Comparative Review of Smart Housing Strategies for Aging Populations in South Korea and the United Kingdom |
| title_sort | comparative review of smart housing strategies for aging populations in south korea and the united kingdom |
| topic | aging-in-place smart housing housing for older people comparative study |
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