Standard care and telecare services: comparing the effectiveness of two service systems with consumers with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

Although consumers completed tasks with greater independence using telecare supports, caution should be used when interpreting results due to the small number of participants. The potential for this technology certainly exists in supporting consumers in their own homes thus, suggestions for future investigations are provided.

Bridging the digital divide for people with intellectual disability

“…Furthermore, some models suggest that the disability situation and social participation are at opposite ends of a same continuum where the positioning depends on the interaction between personal and environmental factors (Fougeyrollas et al, 1998). In sum, an increase in the power to act goes hand in hand with the notion of self-determination and social participation (Lachapelle & Wehmeyer, 2003 Mechling & Seid, 2011); and performing tasks in residential areas (Lachapelle, Lussier-Desrochers, Caouette, & Therrien-Bélec, 2011;Taber-Doughty, Shurr, Brewer, & Kubik, 2010). In sum, technology helps to raise the level of autonomy in performing daily activities as well as learning new skills (Davies, Stock, & Wehmeyer, 2002;Sigafoos et al, 2005;Wu, Cannella-Malone, Wheaton, & Tullis, 2016).…”

“…People with ID are currently using several types of technological solutions, including tablets (Allen et al, 2015;Burckley et al, 2015), smartphones , portable digital players like the iPod Touch (Wu et al, 2016) or other similar devices (Mechling & Seid, 2011), desktop and laptop computers (Davies et al, 2002;Sigafoos et al, 2005), as well as telehealth cameras (Taber-Doughty et al, 2010). Optimal use of many ICT require an Internet connection.…”

Principle‐based analysis of the concept of telecare

“…2008, Beale et al. 2010, Taber‐Doughty et al. 2010, Huang 2011) and managing a patient’s health (Verberk et al.…”

E-services for the social inclusion of people with disabilities: A literature review

“…In addition to reporting on different areas of e-service implementation, the publications, perhaps unsurprisingly, appear in a variety of different academic journals, including the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research [27,43,44], Ageing & Mental Health [23,45], Disability and Rehabilitation [25,46], and the Archives of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation [34,47,48].…”