Health-Related Telemonitoring Parameters/Signals of Older Adults: An Umbrella Review

José, José; Moreira, Juliana; Santos, Rubim; Kontio, Elina; Pinheiro, Ana Rita; Sousa, Andreia S. P.

doi:10.3390/s23020796

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“…This is further exacerbated by the fact that system designers often overlook this age group as potential users. 19,20 Telehealth is defined as the "provision of healthcare remotely by means of a variety of telecommunication tools" 21,22 In the palliative context, it is known as telepalliative care, a service that remotely delivers palliative care to patients through videoconferencing, telephonic communication, or remote symptom monitoring. 23,24 This mode of care delivery could improve the quality of life of care recipients and the accessibility of care services for those who decide to die at home while reducing unnecessary hospital admissions.…”

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Technology to Support Older Adults in Home Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

Basile,

Consolo,

Colombo

et al. 2023

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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Background Today, many older adults use health technologies, approach their final days with laptops, smartphones, and tablets. Telepalliative care is a service that remotely delivers palliative care through videoconferencing, telephonic communication, or remote symptom monitoring. The service meets the needs of patients who want to die at home and reducing unnecessary hospitalizations. The objective of this study is to map the literature on the use of technology by the terminally ill older adult population being cared for at home, to identify which technology systems are in use, to determine how technology can change communication between palliative care professionals and patients, and to explore the strengths or weaknesses patients perceive regarding the use of technology. Methods We conducted a scoping review following the methodology of Arksey and O’Malley. A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, SCOPUS, PsycINFO, CINAHL, Ilisi and Google Scholar databases. Results Fourteen eligible papers identified various tools available in clinical practice and found that most older adults are comfortable and satisfied using them. Despite being physically distanced from clinicians, patients felt cared for even though eye contact was lacking. Being unfamiliar with technology emerged as a barrier to telepalliative care in addition to difficulties caused by screen size and internet connection problems. Conclusions Older adults in palliative care at home perceive technology as a means of receiving efficient care. However, future research is needed to investigate what they look for in a technological tool and to develop more suitable technologies for them. Clinical Trial Registration The protocol of this study has been published in the Open Science Framework (OSF) preregistrations at https://osf.io/acv7q to enhance replicability and transparency and reduce any publication or reporting bias.

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“…This is further exacerbated by the fact that system designers often overlook this age group as potential users. 19 , 20 …”

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Technology to Support Older Adults in Home Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

Basile,

Consolo,

Colombo

et al. 2023

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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A Decision-Aware Ambient Assisted Living System with IoT Embedded Device for In-Home Monitoring of Older Adults

Ghorbani

Ahmadi²,

Kia

et al. 2023

Sensors

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Older adults’ independent life is compromised due to various problems, such as memory impairments and decision-making difficulties. This work initially proposes an integrated conceptual model for assisted living systems capable of providing helping means for older adults with mild memory impairments and their caregivers. The proposed model has four main components: (1) an indoor location and heading measurement unit in the local fog layer, (2) an augmented reality (AR) application to make interactions with the user, (3) an IoT-based fuzzy decision-making system to handle the direct and environmental interactions with the user, and (4) a user interface for caregivers to monitor the situation in real time and send reminders once required. Then, a preliminary proof-of-concept implementation is performed to evaluate the suggested mode’s feasibility. Functional experiments are carried out based on various factual scenarios, which validate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The accuracy and response time of the proposed proof-of-concept system are further examined. The results suggest that implementing such a system is feasible and has the potential to promote assisted living. The suggested system has the potential to promote scalable and customizable assisted living systems to reduce the challenges of independent living for older adults.

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Health-Related Telemonitoring Parameters/Signals of Older Adults: An Umbrella Review

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Technology to Support Older Adults in Home Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

Technology to Support Older Adults in Home Palliative Care: A Scoping Review

A Decision-Aware Ambient Assisted Living System with IoT Embedded Device for In-Home Monitoring of Older Adults

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