Process requirements for building sustainable digital assistive technology for older people

Olphert, Wendy; Damodaran, Leela; Balatsoukas, Panos; Parkinson, Catherine

doi:10.1108/17549450200900019

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“…Some factors that caused elderly people to abandon assistive technology are a need for social interaction and a lack of trust in the technologies [189]. A successful example of technology adoption is smartphone technology.…”

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Ambient Technology to Assist Elderly People in Indoor Risks

Yared

Abdulrazak

2016

Computers

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While elderly people perform their daily indoor activities, they are subjected to several risks. To improve the quality of life of elderly people and promote healthy aging and independent living, elderly people need to be provided with an assistive technology platform to rely on during their activities. We reviewed the literature and identified the major indoor risks addressed by assistive technology that elderly people face during their indoor activities. In this paper, we identify these risks as: fall, wrong self-medication management, fire, burns, intoxication by gas/smoke, and the risk of inactivity. In addition, we discuss the existing assistive technology systems and classify the risk detection algorithms, techniques and the basic system principles and interventions to enhance safety of elderly people.

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Ambient Technology to Assist Elderly People in Indoor Risks

Yared

Abdulrazak

2016

Computers

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“…We attempt to understand older adults' attitudes towards innovation. Today, technological solutions are not always tailored to senior citizen's requirements and capacity, which results in a lack of interest on their part (Olphert et al 2009). However, fourteen patients (25%) showed positive interest and were in favor of the progress brought by technology.…”

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Hospital-to-Home Transition for Older Patients: Using Serious Games to Improve the Motivation for Rehabilitation – a Qualitative Study

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Traditional physiotherapy is often perceived as repetitive and boring by patients, leading to issues in maintaining their interest and performing the required exercises. This paper investigates older patients' engagement and motivation for physical activity using a serious game-based rehabilitation compared to a control group using a standard care therapy, during hospitalization. We conducted a randomized clinical trial with 57 geriatric patients and demonstrated that the serious game-based rehabilitation was as efficient as the standard rehabilitation program in terms of improving their functional capacity. In this paper, we mainly focus on reporting qualitative analysis of the patient's behavior change thorough the intervention. The intervention lasted 3 weeks. Semistructured interviews, including all the participants, were conducted before and after the intervention. Patients' attitudes towards rehabilitation process, physical activity and innovation technology were investigated. Motivation to be active following the intervention were explored. Participants admitted feeling bored at the hospital and only following along the care process routine. Enthusiasm towards the progress brought by technological solution was observed. At the end of the hospital stay, the serious gamebased rehabilitation received positive feedback. Patients felt more active and observed significant improvement of their general condition. The analysis suggests that patients participating in the gamified rehabilitation are more motivated. Several recommendations on designing serious game for elderly rehabilitation are proposed.

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“…In the recent years, digital assistive technologies have developed rapidly augmenting the traditional assistive technologies. The term 'digital assistive technology' refers to the use of ICTs for the support of ageing people's everyday tasks and activities (Olphert, Damodaran, Balatsoukas & Parkinson 2009).…”

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Active Digiage? Desirable Futures for Ageing People

Weck

Meristö

Helander

2018

Well-Being in the Information Society. Fighting Inequalities

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The changing age structure of population, with its growing number of ageing people, is a worldwide phenomenon among industrialized countries, and Finland is not an exception. This has implications for swiftly rising healthcare and social welfare costs, but also for new type of demand in related services, and thus creates business opportunities for Finnish know-how. Through qualitative semi-structured interviews this research builds understanding on the desires, needs and challenges that the ageing people have in their every-day life and especially in their use of digital technology and different kinds of digital services. This will further provide insight for the service creation for the needs of elderly people in Finland. The results presented in this paper are part of a larger research project, of which this paper represents the pilot study phase.

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Process requirements for building sustainable digital assistive technology for older people

Cited by 14 publications

References 17 publications

Ambient Technology to Assist Elderly People in Indoor Risks

Ambient Technology to Assist Elderly People in Indoor Risks

Hospital-to-Home Transition for Older Patients: Using Serious Games to Improve the Motivation for Rehabilitation – a Qualitative Study

Active Digiage? Desirable Futures for Ageing People

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