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Technology and caregiving: emerging interventions and directions for research

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Lindeman, David A, Kim, Katherine K, Gladstone, Caroline, Apesoa-Varano, Ester Carolina·2020·The Gerontologist

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An array of technology-based interventions has increasingly become available to support family caregivers, primarily focusing on health and well-being, social isolation, financial, and psychological support. More recently the emergence of new technologies such as mobile and cloud, robotics, connected sensors, virtual/augmented/mixed reality, voice, and the evermore ubiquitous tools supported by advanced data analytics, coupled with the integration of multiple technologies through platform solutions, have opened a new era of technology-enabled interventions that can empower and support family caregivers. This paper proposes a conceptual framework for identifying and addressing the challenges that may need to be overcome to effectively apply technology-enabled solutions for family caregivers. The paper identifies a number of challenges that either moderate or mediate the full use of technologies for the benefit of caregivers. The challenges include issues related to equity, inclusion, and access; ethical concerns related to privacy and security; political and regulatory factors affecting interoperability and lack of standards; inclusive/human-centric design and issues; and inherent economic and distribution channel difficulties. The paper concludes with a summary of research questions and issues that form a framework for global research priorities.

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  • At the level of daily family caregiving, technology can provide intelligent assistance in health monitoring, medication management, and rehabilitation guidance, thereby easing caregiver responsibilities.

    “At the level of daily family caregiving, technology can provide intelligent assistance in health monitoring, medication management, and rehabilitation guidance, thereby easing caregiver responsibilities (88).”

    From Caring alone: older adult care burdens, practices, and structural imbalances among China's one-child generation (2025) · cites this paper as [88]

    The Abstract identifies medication management and health monitoring as family-caregiving tasks that technology may support. The Remote Monitoring/Telehealth section says remote management has reduced caregiver burden. The passages do not establish technology-assisted rehabilitation guidance as another example; page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • At the structural and community levels, technology can optimize management and integrate resources, offering caregivers personalized and precise support services.

    “At the structural and community levels, technology can optimize management and integrate resources, offering caregivers personalized and precise support services (88).”
  • This study supports the views of Lindeman, Kim, Thordardottir, Malmgren, Lethin, and others that technology-driven approaches should serve as a key means of supporting family caregivers in the new era.

    “This study further supports the views of Lindema, Kim, Thordardottir, Malmgren, Lethin, and others on the technologization of care, namely that technology-driven approaches should serve as a key means of supporting family caregivers in the new era (88, 89).”

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Authors
Lindeman, D. A., Kim, K. K., Gladstone, C., & Apesoa-Varano, E. C.
Affiliations
  • Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (US)
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Stride Forward, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, University of California, Davis, CA
Corresponding author
Lindeman, David A
Venue
The Gerontologist
Published
2020-02-14
Volume
60
Issue
Supplement_1
Pages
S41-S49
ISSN
  • 0016-9013 (ISSN-L)
  • 1758-5341
OpenAlex
W3006572770
Cited by
182
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 22 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 35 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 21 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 2
FWCI
27.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Gerontologist (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (#5968)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Nursing care and research
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
Keywords
family caregivers, technology-based interventions, caregiver support, social isolation, financial support, psychological support, robotics, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, voice technology, connected sensors, data analytics, platform solutions, access and equity, privacy and security, interoperability, human-centered design, economic barriers, research priorities
MeSH terms
Humans, Technology, Caregivers, Telemedicine

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