Gamification can help us improve the lives of elderly people, especially when they have physical problems due to a sedentary life. It can also help save a large amount of money.

1. PHYSICAL HEALTH PROBLEMS FOR
ELDERLY PEOPLE
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2. POPULATION PYRAMIDS ARE CHANGING,WITH MORE
ELDERLY PEOPLE ATTHETOP OFTHE PYRAMID AND
FEWERYOUNG PEOPLE ATTHE BOTTOM

3. OFTHE POPULATIONWILL BE ELDERLY IN
2050 (OVER 60YEARS OLD)
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4. OF SENIOR CITIZENS ARE CLASSIFIEDAS
SEDENTARY.
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5. IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
FORTHE ELDERLY
• There is clear scientific evidence that regular
physical activity has powerful positive effects on
both psychological and physical well-being.
• Physical activity reduces the risk of developing
breast cancer by 25%.
• The cost of physical inactivity is exorbitant for
health authorities.
• Programs to facilitate an increase in physical
activity among the aging population are crucial
for both senior citizens quality of life and for
healthy authorities’ economy
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6. HOW TO SOLVE IT?
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Gamification can help us improve the lives of
elderly people, especially when they have
physical problems due to a sedentary life. It can
also help save a large amount of money.

7. THE EASIEST SOLUTION: PERSONAL
TRAINERS
Are very expensive!!!
We don’t have sufficient
trainers, nor the enormous
amount of money needed to
pay them
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8. OUR SOLUTION
Cities healthy
paths!!
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9. CITIES HEALTHY PATHS
Healthy paths are a set of routes around the city, designed to help
Elderly people improve their physical condition.
These routes have:
 Different Levels: Beginners,Walkers, Runners,
Marathons Flyers
 Each Route has different stages,
going from 1 to five.
These AreThematic Routes
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10. CITIES HEALTHY PATHS: RULES
 People can start the routes as a “beginner.”
 When people reach each stage of the route, they get
“health points,” each stage has a specific number of health
points.
 When you finish a route you can move on to the next level
(beginners, walkers, runners, marathons, flyers).
 Those who reach higher route levels will earn more health
points
 Routes will have random stages (places) where people will
get additional points.
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11. CITIES HEALTHY PATHS: RULES
 Groups doing routes earn additional points.
 By introducing new people to the health routes you can earn one of a
series of “Civic medals.” Participants will earn more civic medals by
introducing more people to the routes.
 People at higher levels can design new routes and suggest them to
other people.
 Routes are about specific interests (historical, cultural, social, etc...)
and each stage of the route gives information about the
theme/interest.
 When they reach each stage people can provide more information
about a specific route
 At each stage of the routes, people at higher levels can check and
correct the information given by other members. .
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