The use of everyday technology by people with dementia living alone: Mapping out the difficulties

Nygård, Louise; Starkhammar, Sofia

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“…Taken together, older adults' hesitance to use and difficulties to manage technology might bring about a risk for them being excluded in society (4). People with dementia who live at home may be a group at particular risk, as they have been found to experience problems in their use of both familiar and more recent technologies such as a stereo, push button telephone and shaver (8).…”

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“…As a consequence, the ability to manage technology has become a prerequisite to perform and participate in everyday activities and in society (3)(4)(5)(6). On the one hand, technology can facilitate and simplify everyday occupations (7); on the other, it might also be a hindrance or a potential hazard (8). Due to the increased use of technology, the performance of a number of everyday activities has changed (1).…”

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“…the electronic, technical and mechanical equipment that exists in peoples everyday lives. Everyday technology may include both newly developed and common, well known, technological artifacts and services; examples are electronic household equipment, television and cash machines (8,10).…”

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Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Malinowsky

Nygård

Kottorp

2009

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Title: Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life. AbstractTechnology increasingly influences the everyday lives of most people, and the ability to manage technology can be seen as a prerequisite for participation in everyday occupations.However, knowledge about ability and skills required for management of technology is sparse. This study aimed to validate a new observation-based assessment, the Management of Everyday Technology Assessment (META). The META is developed to assess the ability to manage technology in everyday life. A sample of 116 older adults with and without cognitive impairment were observed and interviewed by the use of the META when managing their everyday technology at home. The results indicate that the META demonstrates acceptable person response validity and technology goodness-of-fit. Additionally, the META can separate individuals with higher ability from individuals with lower ability to manage everyday technology. The META can be seen as a complement to existing ADL assessment techniques and is planned to be used both in research and practice.

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Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Malinowsky

Nygård

Kottorp

2009

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

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“…Szczególnie interesującą dziedziną nauki jest informatyka afektywna, która za pomocą niewielkich urządzeń (ukrytych na przykład w broszce lub kolczyku) jest w stanie monitorować stan emocjonalny pacjenta (Picard 2002). W ostatnich latach pojawia się coraz więcej badań poświęconych zastosowaniu nowych technologii w opiece nad seniorami dotkniętymi demencją lub innymi zaburzeniami funkcji kognitywnych (Sixsmith 2006;Nygård, Starkhammar 2007;Robinson i wsp. 2009;Topo, Ӧstlund 2009;Mountain 2013).…”

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Nowe technologie w służbie seniorom

Zapędowska-Kling

2015

Folia Oeconomica

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Artykuł podkreśla znaczenie rozwoju nowej interdyscyplinarnej gałęzi nauki zwanej gerontechnologią. Celem publikacji jest refleksja nad możliwością zaadaptowania nowych technologii w służbie seniorom. W części pierwszej dokonuję przeglądu potencjalnych możliwych zastosowań nowych technologii w różnych obszarach życia człowieka starego. Szczególną uwagę poświęcam technologiom stosowanym w opiece socjalnej, służbie zdrowia, stymulującym partycypację społeczną i obywatelską oraz służącym edukacji i rozrywce. W części drugiej zwracam uwagę na bariery i ograniczenia, które utrudniają aplikowalność rozwiązań technologicznych na gruncie praktycznym. W części trzeciej podkreślam znaczenie dylematów natury etycznej i moralnej, które nierozerwalnie towarzyszą rozwojowi nowych technologii i ich zastosowaniu w służbie człowiekowi. Wśród wniosków pojawia się postulat włączenia rozwiązań z zakresu teleopieki i telemedycyny w nurt współczesnej polityki senioralnej.

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“…However, it can be difficult to differentiate AT from everyday technology (ET) objects [14], such as mobile phones and computers, that already exist in peoples' lives and may be used to reduce difficulties in occupational performance.…”

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Improvements of task performance in daily life after acquired brain injury using commonly available everyday technology

Lindén¹,

Lexell²,

Lund³

2010

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

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Purpose: To investigate how individualized occupation-based interventions with commonly available everyday technology (ET) can compensate for perceived difficulties with daily life tasks after an aquired brain injury (ABI) and improve satisfaction with occupational performance. Method: This intervention study was designed as a multiple case study according to Yin. Ten men and women with an ABI (traumatic or non-traumatic) participated. Data were collected through interviews, observations and field notes before and after the intervention and at follow-up (on average 11 weeks afterwards). The interventions focused on enabling each participant's prioritized goals related to task performance in daily life. Results: All participants achieved all their goals by learning to use both new functions in their own familiar ET and new ET. The participants perceived difficulties in occupational performance decreased and their satisfaction with occupational performance increased with the use of ET. Conclusions: An individualised intervention process, involving the use of own familiar ET or ET off-the-shelf, has the potential to compensate for perceived difficulties following an ABI and improve satisfaction with occupational performance in daily life.Key words: activities of daily living; assistive technology; brain injury; occupational therapy; rehabilitation INTRODUCTIONPeople with an acquired brain injury (ABI) can experience a wide range of difficulties with daily life tasks, such as self-care, productivity and leisure [1,2], as well as restrictions of participation and decreased quality of life [3][4][5][6][7]. A compensatory approach to reduce remaining disabilities are therefore commonly applied, in rehabilitation in general [4,8,9] as well in occupational therapy [10,11]. In occupational therapy [11], adapted methods of doing, adaptive equipment and assistive technology (AT) are used to compensate for ineffective actions to improve the performance of daily life tasks that people with an ABI need and want to do to enhance their roles and participation in society.AT comprises low-tech (mechanical) and high-tech (electro-mechanical or computerized) devices [12] and is defind as "any item, piece of equipment, or product system, (acquired commercially off-the-shelf, modified, or customized), that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities" [13]. However, it can be difficult to differentiate AT from everyday technology (ET) objects [14], such as mobile phones and computers, that already exist in peoples' lives and may be used to reduce difficulties in occupational performance.In reviewing the literature about the use and efficency of AT or ET in the form of electronic aids in people with ABI, it was found that a variety of AT, such as palmtop computer, paging system, voice organizer, can reduce memory problems [9,[15][16][17][18][19]. To the best of our knowledge, only one study has used unmodified handheld computers off-the-shelf to compensate for disabilities ...

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The use of everyday technology by people with dementia living alone: Mapping out the difficulties

Cited by 156 publications

References 37 publications

Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Psychometric evaluation of a new assessment of the ability to manage technology in everyday life

Nowe technologie w służbie seniorom

Improvements of task performance in daily life after acquired brain injury using commonly available everyday technology

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