Geronsafety

Today the elderly population is increasing, and the increasing population affects the social, economic and legal fields. Aging research is increasing due to the increasing elderly population and these studies are socially prominent. The negative effects of biological and physical factors on aging have been replaced by social, psychological and psychosocial factors [1-4]. This is due to developing technology and innovations brought by the digital age. The change in technology has brought digital technology with it. Digital technology provides important convenience in today’s World [2]. Some of these facilities are online shopping, online communication, social group membership, online health control, online home care without leaving the house via the internet. The most important innovation brought by the digital world is the Internet. Social communication and interaction has become easier thanks to the Internet. Apart from the many innovations brought about by the Internet, significant risks have also arisen. Safety is the most important of these risks [2-5]. Safety is crucial on adaptation of elderly individuals to their environment, their ability to carry out their daily activities, monitoring elderly individuals closely. Studies conducted in the literature ignore the safety risk regarding elderly individuals in the face of the innovations brought by the digital world. In this study, safety factor which is an important risk factor in gerontology is discussed. In this review study, the concept of “geronsafety” is introduced to the literature for the first time.


Introduction
Today the elderly population is increasing, and the increasing population affects the social, economic and legal fields. Aging research is increasing due to the increasing elderly population and these studies are socially prominent. The negative effects of biological and physical factors on aging have been replaced by social, psychological and psychosocial factors [1][2][3][4]. This is due to developing technology and innovations brought by the digital age. The change in technology has brought digital technology with it. Digital technology provides important convenience in today's World [2]. Some of these facilities are online shopping, online communication, social group membership, online health control, online home care without leaving the house via the internet. The most important innovation brought by the digital world is the Internet. Social communication and interaction has become easier thanks to the Internet. Apart from the many innovations brought about by the Internet, significant risks have also arisen. Safety is the most important of these risks [2][3][4][5]. Safety is crucial on adaptation of elderly individuals to their environment, their ability to carry out their daily activities, monitoring elderly individuals closely. Studies conducted in the literature ignore the safety risk regarding elderly individuals in the face of the innovations brought by the digital world. In this study, safety factor which is an important risk factor in gerontology is discussed. In this review study, the concept of "geronsafety" is introduced to the literature for the first time.

Conceptual Framework
Geronsafety is a sub-branch of gerontology that makes life and daily activities of older people safe and easy, offering safe quality of life to individuals, relating to the research, development, presentation and evaluation of products and social services which improve physical, mental, health, social capacity and situations in terms of personal safety. [1][2]. Geronsafety associates with elderly care, drug use, use of technology, home care services, production and design, medical field. Safety includes the protection of the environment against harmful effects of the technological devices with which elderly people communicate [4][5][6]. Harmful effects are divided into two as external and individual effects. External factors are city traffic, public transport, traffic lights, public spaces, parks and gardens, digital advertising platforms. The external environment is divided into physical and digital environments. The physical external environment is the environment outside the internet and digital devices in which the individual interacts physically ( These devices are important assistive devices for the elderly designed for the safety of the elderly.

Environmental effects (Physical)
Development of parks, gardens, pedestrian crossings, nursing homes in a way that is suitable and safety for the physical decline of the elderly. They should be designed in accordance with the risks of theft, fraud and falls.

Environmental effects (Digital)
Protection of computers, internet-connected devices against spyware, debt payment systems specially developed for the elderly, and intelligent traffic lights developed by considering the physical, mental and psychological decline of the elderly.

Vision
Visual weakness causes significant problems in the digital interaction of the individual. Smartphones need to be designed to match the visual weakness of the elderly adaptly. In addition, voice warning applications should be integrated into smart phones about how many medicines should be consumed by individuals taking continuous medication.

Hearing
Devices and applications that enable them to understand with visual and touch senses should be developed for elderly individuals with hearing problems.

Perception / Memory weakness / Amnesia
Applications with repeated reminder functions should be developed due to the perception decline of elderly individuals. Especially in smart homes this application should be implemented.

Touch
Audible warning systems should be adapted to the devices to be used for individuals who have problems with touch and feel. If the elderly person cannot use a digital or technological device by touching it with his / her hands, he / she should be able to activate it with an audible warning. However, in order to protect against risks, attention should be paid not to use the words frequently used in daily speech.

Reflex
The functions of the instruments to be used for reflex weaknesses of the elderly should be designed to match this weakness. For instance, slow opening cabinets should be preferred instead of suddenly opening cabinets when touched.

Sensuality
Security measures should be taken against the possibility of fraud in the digital world against fraudulent acts of elderly individuals. Especially updated software for cyber crime should be developed.

Consciousness
The consciousness is about awareness. The necessary applications for the continuous training of the elderly should be integrated into the digital devices.

Discussion and Conclusion
This study focuses on insufficiently addressing the safety issues