Gerontechnology: Providing a Helping Hand When Caring for Cognitively Impaired Older Adults—Intermediate Results from a Controlled Study on the Satisfaction and Acceptance of Informal Caregivers
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The incidence of cognitive impairment in older age is increasing, as is the number of cognitively impaired older adults living in their own homes. Due to lack of social care resources for these adults and their desires to remain in their own homes and live as independently as possible, research shows that the current standard care provisions are inadequate. Promising opportunities exist in using home assistive technology services to foster healthy aging and to realize the unmet needs of these groups of citizens in a user-centered manner. ISISEMD project has designed, implemented, verified, and assessed an assistive technology platform of personalized home care (telecare) for the elderly with cognitive impairments and their caregivers by offering intelligent home support services. Regions from four European countries have carried out long-term pilot-controlled study in real-life conditions. This paper presents the outcomes from intermediate evaluations pertaining to user satisfaction with the system, acceptance of the technology and the services, and quality of life outcomes as a result of utilizing the services.
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In eleven studies, the IAT was accepted but not used in the following implementation period, resulting in poor adherence.
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Caregivers anticipated a reduction of the burden of care when IAT was implemented; however, stress increased when this was not the case.
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While some informal caregivers were less anxious after accepting to use IAT, others reported a decrease in their quality of life.
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- Authors
- Mitseva, A., Peterson, C. B., Karamberi, C., Oikonomou, L. C., Ballis, A. V., Giannakakos, C., & Dafoulas, G. E.
- Affiliations
- North Denmark EU-Office, Aalborg Municipality, Boulevarden 13, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Municipal Enterprise for Social Development Trikalon (GR)
- e-Trikala (Greece) (GR)
- Hellenic Statistical Authority (GR)
- Corresponding author
- Mitseva, Anelia
- Venue
- Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2012
- Volume
- 2012
- Pages
- 1-19
- ISSN
- 1687-7063 (ISSN-L)
- 1687-7071
- PMC
- PMC3318209
- OpenAlex
- W2001242108
- Cited by
- 38
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 4.02
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- VBN Forskningsportal (Aalborg Universitet) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- ICT PSP EU project (ICT-PSP-2-238914)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Demography › Technology Use by Older Adults
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Occupational Therapy › Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Keywords
- gerontechnology, cognitive impairment, older adults, informal caregivers, caregiver satisfaction, technology acceptance, telecare, quality of life, healthy aging, independent living
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