Use of technology and social media in dementia care: Current and future directions

Shu, Sara; Woo, Benjamin K.P.

doi:10.5498/wjp.v11.i4.109

Cited by 49 publications

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“…Therefore, notwithstanding their diagnosis with dementia, emotive capacities appeared to stimulate significant cognitive abilities in working memory. Despite the generally held belief that technology is challenging for this population, our findings demonstrate that with appropriate guidance and minimal training for families and paid carers, persons with dementia will engage with the technology in a variety of ways (Dahlke, et al, 2020;Gilson, et al, 2019;Goodall, et al, 2021;Shu, et al, 2021;Talbot, et al, 2021;Martin Van Jaarsveld, 2020). The combination of psychodrama, culturally sensitive reminiscence therapy, and an established community enhanced their social cohesion, social connectivity, and remaining emotive capacities in the face of dementia.…”

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confidence: 69%

Psychodrama with persons with dementia on zoom: Proof of concept

2022

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COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns created a global public health crisis generating mental health problems including social isolation, stress, and anxiety especially for persons with dementia and their carers. This article reports on the use of digital technology to maintain social connectivity via a virtual group session that focused on the topic of “what is home.” Participants in this session included 16 day-care center clients representing an immigrant community identified with mild to moderate cognitive impairment. A trained psychodrama therapist conducted the virtual group meeting based on five key techniques: spectrogram, role reversal, doubling, mirroring, and soliloquy. The NVivo software was used for the qualitative analysis of the transcribed video recording to identify key themes based on grounded theory methodology. Zooming from home, clients engaged in significant social interaction. Findings of the NVivo analysis identified the following themes of “what is home”: Emotions and home, Home is family, Home is community, and Reminiscence (with objects and traditions). Findings suggest that digital interactive technologies, like Zoom, enhance social connectivity thus mitigating the negative impact of social isolation for persons with dementia especially during pandemic lockdowns. Our pilot findings based on virtual group meetings from home demonstrate that participants can express significant emotive capacity and enhanced connectivity with one another despite a diagnosis of mild to moderate dementia. While larger studies are needed to confirm these findings, we suggest that this methodology may be used to support persons with dementia not only in times of pandemics but also as an addition to other community and home care services. Changes in reimbursement policies to include these innovative home services may be helpful in building more resilient communities for the more highly vulnerable populations.

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Psychodrama with persons with dementia on zoom: Proof of concept

2022

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“…Older adults and people living with dementia are among the most targeted groups for technological intervention in the name of risk assessment and management [ 7 , 59 , 136 ]. The desire to predict and prevent health events through increased remote monitoring and analysis of behavioral biometrics is driven by health and long-term care cost containment and the widespread preference to manage chronic conditions at home.…”

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Control Matters in Elder Care Technology: Evidence and Direction for Designing It In

Berridge

Zhou

Lazar

et al. 2022

Designing Interactive Systems Conference

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Studies fnd that older adults want control over how technologies are used in their care, but how it can be operationalized through design remains to be clarifed. We present fndings from a large survey (n=825) of a well-characterized U.S. online cohort that provides actionable evidence of the importance of designing for control over monitoring technologies. This uniquely large, age-diverse sample allows us to compare needs across age and other characteristics with insights about future users and current older adults (n=496 >64), including those concerned about their own memory loss (n=201). All fve control options, which are not currently enabled, were very or extremely important to most people across age. Findings indicate that comfort with a range of care technologies is contingent on having privacy-and other control-enabling options. We discuss opportunities for design to meet these user needs that demand course correction through attentive, creative work.

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“…As cancer remains a significant disease affecting the geriatric population, it is necessary to consider the relevant applications and ease of use [ 12 , 13 ]. Less than half of adults over the age of 65 years reported owning a smartphone in 2017, with an increase of 24% from 2013.…”

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Consumer Wearables and the Integration of New Objective Measures in Oncology: Patient and Provider Perspectives

Fonseka¹,

Woo²

2021

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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With one in five adults in the United States owning a smartwatch or fitness tracker, these devices are poised to impact all aspects of medicine by offering a more objective approach to replace self-reported data. Oncology has proved to be a prototypical example, and wearables offer immediate benefits to patients and oncologists with the ability to track symptoms and health metrics in real time. We aimed to review the recent literature on consumer-grade wearables and its current applications in cancer from the perspective of both the patient and the provider. The relevant studies suggested that these devices offer benefits, such as improved medication adherence and accuracy of symptom tracking over self-reported data, as well as insights that increase patient empowerment. Physical activity is consistently correlated with stronger patient outcomes, and a patient’s real-time metrics were found to be capable of tracking medication side effects and toxicity. Studies have made associations between wearable data and telomere shortening, cardiovascular disease, alcohol consumption, sleep apnea, and other conditions. The objective data obtained by the wearable presents a more complete picture of an individual’s health than the snapshot of a 15-minute office visit and a single set of vital signs. Real-time metrics can be translated into a digital phenotype that identifies risk factors specific to each patient, and shared risk factors across one’s social network may uncover common environmental exposures detrimental to one’s health. Wearable data and its upcoming integration with social media will be the foundation for the next generation of personalized medicine.

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Use of technology and social media in dementia care: Current and future directions

Cited by 49 publications

References 65 publications

Psychodrama with persons with dementia on zoom: Proof of concept

Psychodrama with persons with dementia on zoom: Proof of concept

Control Matters in Elder Care Technology: Evidence and Direction for Designing It In

Consumer Wearables and the Integration of New Objective Measures in Oncology: Patient and Provider Perspectives

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