Amount and type of everyday technology use over time in older adults with cognitive impairment

Hedman, Annicka; Nygård, Louise; Almkvist, Ove; Kottorp, Anders

doi:10.3109/11038128.2014.982172

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“…For example, our findings show that persons with cognitive impairment may have a need and/or desire to update their technology use, while simultaneously striving towards downsizing. This nuances our earlier findings regarding use of less ET objects over time in the sample with MCI [ 21 ] of which these participants are a part. It also challenges the commonly held stereotype image of older people with cognitive impairments as being uninterested in updated technology, and has implications for health-care practitioners (such as occupational therapists) and providers of assisted living technologies.…”

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confidence: 84%

How older adults with mild cognitive impairment relate to technology as part of present and future everyday life: a qualitative study

2016

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BackgroundExisting everyday technology as well as potential future technology may offer both challenges and possibilities in the everyday occupations of persons with cognitive decline. To meet their wishes and needs, the perspective of the persons themselves is an important starting point in intervention planning involving technology. The aim of this study was to explore how persons with mild cognitive impairment relate to technology as a part of and as potential support in everyday life – both present and future.MethodsQualitative in-depth interviews with six participants aged 61–86 were conducted and analyzed, using a grounded theory approach.ResultsThe findings describe the participants’ different ways of relating to existing and potential future technology in everyday occupations as a continuum of downsizing, retaining, and updating. Multiple conditions in different combinations affected both their actions taken and assumptions made towards technology in this continuum. Both when downsizing doing and technology use to achieve simplicity in everyday life and when striving for or struggling with updating, trade-offs between desired and adverse outcomes were made, challenging take-off runs were endured, and negotiations of the price worth paying took place.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that persons with mild cognitive impairment may relate to technology in various ways to meet needs of downsized doing, but are reluctant to adopt video-based monitoring technology intended to support valued occupations. Feasibility testing of using already-incorporated everyday technologies such as smartphones and tablets as platforms for future technology support in everyday occupations is suggested.

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2016

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“…The ability to use assistive technology may also vary. Over time, a decreasing use of technology is seen in people with cognitive impairment [61]. …”

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Technologies to Support Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia: A Position Paper on Issues Regarding Development, Usability, Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness, Deployment, and Ethics

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JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol

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BackgroundWith the expected increase in the numbers of persons with dementia, providing timely, adequate, and affordable care and support is challenging. Assistive and health technologies may be a valuable contribution in dementia care, but new challenges may emerge.ObjectiveThe aim of our study was to review the state of the art of technologies for persons with dementia regarding issues on development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics in 3 fields of application of technologies: (1) support with managing everyday life, (2) support with participating in pleasurable and meaningful activities, and (3) support with dementia health and social care provision. The study also aimed to identify gaps in the evidence and challenges for future research.MethodsReviews of literature and expert opinions were used in our study. Literature searches were conducted on usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, and ethics using PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases with no time limit. Selection criteria in our selected technology fields were reviews in English for community-dwelling persons with dementia. Regarding deployment issues, searches were done in Health Technology Assessment databases.ResultsAccording to our results, persons with dementia want to be included in the development of technologies; there is little research on the usability of assistive technologies; various benefits are reported but are mainly based on low-quality studies; barriers to deployment of technologies in dementia care were identified, and ethical issues were raised by researchers but often not studied. Many challenges remain such as including the target group more often in development, performing more high-quality studies on usability and effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, creating and having access to high-quality datasets on existing technologies to enable adequate deployment of technologies in dementia care, and ensuring that ethical issues are considered an important topic for researchers to include in their evaluation of assistive technologies.ConclusionsBased on these findings, various actions are recommended for development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics of assistive and health technologies across Europe. These include avoiding replication of technology development that is unhelpful or ineffective and focusing on how technologies succeed in addressing individual needs of persons with dementia. Furthermore, it is suggested to include these recommendations in national and international calls for funding and assistive technology research programs. Finally, practitioners, policy makers, care insurers, and care providers should work together with technology enterprises and researchers to prepare strategies for the implementation of assistive technologies in different care settings. This may help future generations of persons with dementia to utilize available and affordable technologies and, ultimately, to benefit from them.

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“…On the basis of literature review, the research studies concerning the use of mobile phones and/ or smartphones by patients with dementia can be divided into several areas according to their focus as follows:  studies concentrating on the adoption and usability of these devices by patients with dementia; [6,[8][9][10][11]]  descriptive studies depicting the development of potential mobile phone/ smartphone apps for patients with dementia; [12][13]  studies exploring the role of these mobile devices for the assessment and diagnostic purposes; [14-16]  studies focusing on the actual use of mobile phones and/ or smartphones by patients with dementia. [17][18][19] Thorpe et al [6] explored the adoption of smartphone and smartwatch use among people with mild dementia.…”

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“…For example, Faucounau et al [19] claim that it is a must to involve end-users in the co-design of new technologies in order to develop tailored devices. Furthermore, Hedman et al [10] on the amount and type of everyday technology use found out that people with cognitive impairment tended to decrease the use of everyday technology over time. This is quite common since patients with dementia are generally older people and they like to use what they already know.…”

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Mobile Phones and/or Smartphones and Their Use in the Management of Dementia – Findings from the Research Studies

Klímová

2017

Digital Nations – Smart Cities, Innovation, and Sustainability

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At present, there is a significant increase in the number of older population groups worldwide. This accelerating trend in the rise of older population groups inevitably results in serious economic and social changes accompanied with a number of aging diseases such as dementia. The purpose of this review study is to explore the use of mobile phones and/ or smartphones and their benefits and limitations for patients with dementia. The methods include a literature review of available studies on this topic found in Web of Science, Science Direct, and MEDLINE, and a method of comparison and evaluation of their findings. The results of this article show that the use of mobile phones and/ or smartphones by patients with dementia can provide support for the activities of daily life. In addition, they can reduce both mental and economic burden of their caregivers and help doctors in their assessments and diagnoses. Nevertheless, more original research studies, especially in the area of the effectiveness of their use should be conducted. The same is true for sustainable support in the use of mobile phones by patients with dementia.

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Amount and type of everyday technology use over time in older adults with cognitive impairment

Abstract: Over time, a decreasing use of ET was shown in this sample with MCI. This process was influenced by several aspects important to consider in occupational therapy intervention planning.

Cited by 30 publications

References 28 publications

How older adults with mild cognitive impairment relate to technology as part of present and future everyday life: a qualitative study

How older adults with mild cognitive impairment relate to technology as part of present and future everyday life: a qualitative study

Technologies to Support Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia: A Position Paper on Issues Regarding Development, Usability, Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness, Deployment, and Ethics

Mobile Phones and/or Smartphones and Their Use in the Management of Dementia – Findings from the Research Studies

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