Invisible in the smart city: Using participatory design methods for age-friendly solutions

Older adults face unique challenges and have differing needs when navigating the urban environment. At same time, civil servants policymakers in cities are facing difficulties promoting age-friendly initiatives due to lack of knowledge, data, tools about for older adults. In this context, smart can play a key role increasing participation (i.e., 65 years older) by collecting data needed provide knowledge design However, using city inform policy making is made more difficult several existing issues such as aggregated nonage-specific big altogether, disparity access use digital technology. This paper endeavors methodology ensure that represented collected translation into automatic policy-making decisions. The Participation Policy Adults (PAR4POA) method introduces adults' perspectives from start project its iterative approach means will share their values with at different stages project. enabled co-creation solutions targeted address citizens context 3 European regions. PAR4POA specifically altered situation but could easily be used include other marginalized populations. Ensuring arena empower populations representation previously not provided.