The Multi-domain Coaching Approach to Counteract Ageing Decline

Based on the international guidelines on healthy lifestyles for older adults in different well-being domains, this chapter describes the general approach of personalized coaching proposed in NESTORE by the domain experts involved in the project. The coaching domains that are the basis of the NESTORE virtual coach include physical activity, nutrition, cognition and social behaviour. Each domain, although maintaining its peculiar characteristics and specific aspects, present a common personalization pathway, based on the actual status of the users. The coaching design approach used in NESTORE includes the identification of domain-specific targets and pathways to deal with the critical aspects of ageing. The personalization of the coaching plans is based on initialization/assessment variables that are gathered by the NESTORE system.