Social transformation and social isolation of older adults: Digital technologies, nursing, healthcare

Locsin, Rozzano C.; Soriano, Gil P.; Juntasopeepun, Phanida; Kunaviktikul, Wipada; Evangelista, Lorraine S.

doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2021.01.005

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“…The weak learning ability of the elderly regarding digital transformation restricts the frequency of their digital technology use. Considering their cognitive decline, the development of digital technologies needs to be oriented toward the supply side [71]. The government needs to invest in digital health services for the elderly as free public services so that they can adapt to the digital society and be willing to use digital technology for health management [72].…”

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Behavioral Patterns of Supply and Demand Sides of Health Services for the Elderly in Sustainable Digital Transformation: A Mixed Methods Study

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Ogihara

et al. 2022

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The aging transformation of digital health services faces issues of how to distinguish influencing factors, redesign services, and effectively promote measures and policies. In this study, in-depth interviews were conducted, and grounded theory applied to open coding, main axis coding, and selective coding to form concepts and categories. Trajectory equifinality modeling clarified the evolution logic of digital transformation. Based on the theory of service ecology, a digital health service aging model was constructed from the “macro–medium–micro” stages and includes governance, service, and technology transformation paths. The macro stage relies on organizational elements to promote the institutionalization of management and guide the transformation of governance for value realization, including the construction of three categories: mechanism, indemnification, and decision-making. The meso stage relies on service elements to promote service design and realize service transformation that is suitable for aging design, including the construction of three categories: organization, resources, and processes. The micro stage relies on technical elements to practice experiencing humanization, including the construction of three categories: target, methods, and evaluation. These results deepen the understanding of the main behaviors and roles of macro-organizational, meso-service, and micro-technical elements in digital transformation practice and have positive significance for health administrative agencies to implement action strategies.

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Behavioral Patterns of Supply and Demand Sides of Health Services for the Elderly in Sustainable Digital Transformation: A Mixed Methods Study

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“…The “war” against the COVID‐19 pandemic is far from over, and quarantine fatigue will continue to pester global healthcare systems. However, advancing technologies may be one redeeming alternative as a way to diminish the impact of quarantine fatigability, through social media and the internet (Locsin et al, 2021), while maintaining activities consistent with protocols for preventing the further spread of COVID‐19 (Groth, 2020).…”

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“…The significant benefits of technology will remain relevant even after the pandemic is over, particularly in terms of enhancing social transformations from social isolation as it occurs among older persons (Locsin et al, 2021). With the increased use of digital technologies to implement routines during the pandemic, there is no doubt that the pandemic is leading society toward digital transformation.…”

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Reimagining quarantine: Assuring hopefulness in nursing and healthcare

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This article aimed to explore issues of concern related to quarantine, its social consequences and influences, challenging its effects on human behavioral expressions during social isolation. The advent of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted human lives in multifarious ways, threatening the meaning of normalcy. Quarantine, lockdown, isolation, and other terms reflecting conditions limiting human freedoms have become synonymous in importance to safety, security, and survival. To understand human defiance in the face of maintaining limited mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic, reimagining situations of "unfreedoms" is explained as thinking of changes to inspire and improve the meaning of living lives meaningfully. During the pandemic, issues regarding healthcare practices and social behaviors focused much attention on interactive challenges that enhance ways to mitigate the spread of contagious diseases.Illuminating these issues, discussing concerns and highlighting recommendations to engage in alternative approaches and practices, heightens the declaration of efficiency of quarantine outcomes and effectiveness. Implications are proposed with the hope that they may lead the way forward in exercising contemporary healthcare practices.

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“…Social isolation and loneliness have multiple consequences on health, both physical and psychological, and are significantly linked to an increase in all-cause morbidity and mortality, especially in OAs that are aged ≥65, comparable to smoking, obesity, lack of exercise, and arterial hypertension [ 7 , 8 , 9 ]. Social isolation and loneliness impact human well-being and quality of life [ 10 ], which is why there is a need to institute preventive measures to reduce isolation and the consequences of isolation in OAs.…”

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Use of Digital Tools, Social Isolation, and Lockdown in People 80 Years and Older Living at Home

Gauthier

Lagarde

Mourey

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The COVID-19 crisis and associated lockdowns have exposed the extent of social isolation among older adults (OAs). Currently, the French government and medical, social, and charitable organizations are working to find means of limiting the multiple psychological and physical consequences of social isolation on the health of OAs. One proposal is to help the elderly become more comfortable using digital tools (DTs). However, the ability of DTs to reduce social isolation is disputed in the literature. This study aimed to collect the views of OAs on social isolation; to identify the determinants of the use or not of DTs, in particular in the context of a lockdown; and the role of DTs in the strategy to reduce social isolation. This qualitative study was based on 27 semi-structured individual interviews with OAs ≥ 80 years, in Côte-d’Or and Haute-Marne (French departments), from March to May 2021. A total of 96.3% of participants had already owned one or more DTs (mobile phone, tablet, or computer) for several years. The lockdown had not prompted the population to equip themselves more. The most common reason for using DTs was to maintain contact with relatives, and 63% of the participants said that DTs have a positive impact in reducing social isolation. However, there is a significant need for assistance and training in their use, especially since many services are now offered online. The participants suggested that the key to minimizing social isolation remained the maintenance of social contacts. In conclusion, DTs appear to be useful for helping the elderly maintain social links with relatives and, therefore, have a strategic place in the reduction of social isolation. However, these tools should not replace in-person interactions.

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Social transformation and social isolation of older adults: Digital technologies, nursing, healthcare

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References 46 publications

Behavioral Patterns of Supply and Demand Sides of Health Services for the Elderly in Sustainable Digital Transformation: A Mixed Methods Study

Behavioral Patterns of Supply and Demand Sides of Health Services for the Elderly in Sustainable Digital Transformation: A Mixed Methods Study

Reimagining quarantine: Assuring hopefulness in nursing and healthcare

Use of Digital Tools, Social Isolation, and Lockdown in People 80 Years and Older Living at Home

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