Interviews with family caregivers of older adults: Their experiences of care and the integration of assistive technology in care

Beaudoin, Maude; Atoyebi, Oladele Ademola; Auger, Claudine; Demers, Louise; Wister, Andrew; Plante, Michelle; Routhier, François

doi:10.3233/tad-190253

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“…Recent investigations have also highlighted the benefits of integrating technology into the lives of people with dementia (e.g., [31][32][33][34]). For instance, in a review of technology driven interventions, computer systems were found to provide tools for assistance in memory, as well as deepen the care partner's insight into the person being cared for [35].…”

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Perspectives on technology use in the context of caregiving: Interview study among care partners of persons with dementia (Preprint)

Grewal,

Gowda-Sookochoff,

Peacock

et al. 2024

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BACKGROUND It is critical to support persons with dementia and their care partners to minimize the diseases impact at individual, family, and societal levels. One emerging and potentially widely available avenue for support is technology (e.g., smartphones/smart homes). OBJECTIVE We aimed to further understand care partner technology use, attitudes, and the potential role for off-the shelf technologies (e.g., smartphones/smart homes) to support caregiving by hearing from those who were caregiving for persons with dementia. METHODS We conducted a telephone-delivered cross-sectional survey using random digit dialling to sample and survey 67 self-identified care partners of persons with dementia across Saskatchewan. Participants were asked about attitudes towards technology, barriers and facilitators for technology use, technology use with caregiving, and demographic information. Eight open-ended questions were analyzed using content analysis; two closed ended questions about comfort with and helpfulness of technology were descriptively analyzed. From these data, an in-depth semi-structured interview was created and conducted with 10 randomly sampled care partners from the initial collection approximately one year later. These in-depth interviews were subsequently analyzed with content analysis. RESULTS Care partners were relatively comfortable with technology, using it for functional tasks and some caregiving. Barriers to technology use were identified, including cost, lack of knowledge, security/privacy concerns, and undesirable features. Facilitators included access to support, and presence of desirable features. Some care partners were merging technology with caregiving and seeing benefit. Others were concerned that technology would not be feasibly adopted for caregiving due to impairment, caregiving philosophy, or fear of negative consequences for the person living with dementia. COVID-19 increased technology use and may have changed perceived usefulness of technology. CONCLUSIONS Though the two analyses were conducted separately, there was notable overlap in the data suggesting temporal stability of identified content. Both analyses suggested care partners relative comfort with technology, using it functionally and for caregiving. There was also overlap in identified barriers, and concerns about the integration of technology and caregiving. Care partner’s reports of increased technology use throughout COVID-19 may also suggest that the pandemic impacted their perceptions of the usefulness of technology. Future investigations should examine how to support care partners in adopting relevant technology.

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Perspectives on technology use in the context of caregiving: Interview study among care partners of persons with dementia (Preprint)

Grewal,

Gowda-Sookochoff,

Peacock

et al. 2024

Preprint

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“…For example, compared to non-caregivers, informal caregivers are more likely to experience depression, poor personal health, burnout, and disruptions to careers. 4,5 The level of stress caregivers experience is associated with the type of disability and degree of dependence of the care recipient. 6 Providing care for an older person with a cognitive disability such as neurocognitive disorder (NCD) can be challenging.…”

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Potential assistive technology preferences of informal caregivers of people with disability

Atoyebi

Beaudoin

Routhier

et al. 2023

Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Engineerin

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Background Preferences of informal caregivers of people with neurocognitive disorders for technological solutions are important in user- centered design approaches. It is crucial to take into consideration the needs and preferences of users when developing new technology to facilitate their uptake. Objectives The objective of this study was to determine caregiver preferences for potential technological solutions to help address their needs and compare technology preferences of caregivers who provide care to those with and without neurocognitive disorders (NCD). Methods This was a quantitative descriptive study. We surveyed informal caregivers of older adults with disability in Canada. Participants were asked to answer questions about their preferences for 10 potential technological solutions that could be developed to make caregiving easier. Results Data from 125 respondents (72 caregivers of people with NCD and 53 caregivers of people with non-NCD-related disabilities) were analyzed. Generally, caregivers preferred web-based solutions as these were among the first five choices for both groups combined. However, there were some differences in the order of preference of potential solutions in both groups. Conclusion Informal caregivers of people with NCD preferred web-based solutions to help address their needs.

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Adoption Barriers of Assistive Ambient Technology: A Systematic Literature Review

Musri,

Osman,

Hamid

et al. 2023

Advances in Visual Informatics

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Interviews with family caregivers of older adults: Their experiences of care and the integration of assistive technology in care

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Perspectives on technology use in the context of caregiving: Interview study among care partners of persons with dementia (Preprint)

Perspectives on technology use in the context of caregiving: Interview study among care partners of persons with dementia (Preprint)

Potential assistive technology preferences of informal caregivers of people with disability

Adoption Barriers of Assistive Ambient Technology: A Systematic Literature Review

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