Technology and aging: the jigsaw puzzle of design, development and distribution

Lee, Chaiwoo

doi:10.1038/s43587-022-00325-6

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“…Digitalization is becoming increasingly present in many areas of life and has a significant impact on how individuals communicate, consume, conduct daily tasks, organize their lives, and care for themselves or others. 1 , 2 Digitalization and technological development are regarded as a potential solution to the growing problems of an aging society, that is, the increased need for care for older individuals in light of a shortage of care providers. 3 In Germany in 2019, 796,489 persons worked in nursing homes and home care services, caring for 4.13 million individuals in need of long-term care.…”

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“… 10 However, the actual use and acceptance of technical solutions and services in the care of older adults is often limited due to access gaps or limited knowledge. 1 Furthermore, it is known that the implementation of information and communication technology takes, in general, longer in health care compared to other settings, for example, due to safety concerns. 11 …”

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Are nursing home employees ready for the technical evolution? German-wide survey on the status quo of affinity for technology and technology interaction

Barisch-Fritz,

Krafft,

Rayling

et al. 2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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Background Technological devices can support nursing home employees; however, their perspective is not sufficiently studied. Our aims were thus to (a) examine affinity for technology and technology interaction and related sociodemographic confounders, as well as (b) detect possible requirements and boundary conditions relevant for the development and implementation of assistive technologies among nursing home employees. Methods We conducted an online survey between May and July of 2022 among 200 nursing home employees in Germany. The survey included two questionnaires, that is, Affinity for Technology Interaction (ATI) and Affinity for Technology—Electronic Devices (TA-EG; subscales TA-EG-Enthusiasm, TA-EG-Competence, TA-EG-Positive Consequences, and TA-EG-Negative Consequences), as well as sociodemographic variables, that is, age, gender, professional groups, education/graduation level. We carried out factorial variance and multiple regression analyses. Results There were differences between age groups in ATI (lower score with increasing age) and between gender, age, and professional group in TA-EG (lower score for females, participants with higher ages, and nursing home managers). Predictors of ATI were age and professional group, predictors of TA-EG, TA-EG-Enthusiasm, and TA-EG-Competence were gender, age, and professional group. Predictors of TA-EG-Positive Consequences were education and professional group. Conclusions We observed rather high affinity for technology and technology interaction values overall, and particularly for nursing home employees compared to managers. Significant predictors for technology affinity and interaction may have important implications, for example the perspectives of nursing home employees and managers should be considered separately in the technological design, development, and implementation process. Furthermore, an open dialogue between all stakeholders should be encouraged to increase the probability of actual technology use.

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