Mobile Application Design In Improving The Qulity Of Mental Life Of Retired Middle-aged And Older Adults

In the face of the aging society,WHO proposed the 'active aging',aiming to make older adults live more independently and positively.China aging work committee has also put forward the 'six goals of aging work',including'accomplishment','learning' and 'fun',which is also consistent with the target of active aging.With the development of Chinese economy in recent years,retired middle-aged and older adults pay more attention to their leisure life quality and higher spiritual life needs.With the popularity of smart phones,more and more middle-aged and older adults use smart phones to satisfy their leisure life needs.However,there are few mobile apps designed for middle-aged and older adults in market.Moreover,although retired older adults have higher leisure needs,these need are still unable tobe satisfied due to lack of resources,limited of time and energy,poor economic support,ect.It is this kind of unbalance takes negative effects on retired middle-aged and older adults' leisure life satisfication.Many studies have shown that serious leisure helps to improve life satisfaction of older adults.Therefore,this author designs a mobile application for retired middle-aged and older adults,aiming to improve their life satisfication.According to the survey results,WeChat played an important role on middle-aged and older adults'leisure life.Therefore,this paper takes WeChat as a platform and WeChat-small-program as a carrier,so as to achieve the purpose of improving life satisfication of middle-aged and older adults.