The role of assistive technology in addressing the care and support needs of older people

2005 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Brownsell ◽  
H. Aldred ◽  
M. Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Care And Support

scholarly journals Emerging Technologies With Potential Care and Support Applications for Older People: Review of Gray Literature (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Abdi ◽  
Luc de Witte ◽  
Mark Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Older People ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Gray Literature ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Technological Developments

BACKGROUND The number of older people with unmet care and support needs is increasing substantially due to the challenges facing the formal and informal care systems. Emerging technological developments have the potential to address some of the care and support challenges of older people. However, limited work has been done to identify emerging technological developments with the potential to meet the care and support needs of the aging population. OBJECTIVE This review aimed to gain an overview of emerging technologies with potential care and support applications for older people, particularly for those living at home. METHODS A scoping gray literature review was carried out by using the databases of 13 key organizations, hand searching reference lists of included documents, using funding data, and consulting technology experts. A narrative synthesis approach was used to analyze and summarize the findings of the literature review. RESULTS A total of 39 documents were included in the final analysis. From the analysis, 8 emerging technologies were identified that could potentially be used to meet older people’s needs in various care and support domains. These emerging technologies were (1) assistive autonomous robots; (2) self-driving vehicles; (3) artificial intelligence–enabled health smart apps and wearables; (4) new drug release mechanisms; (5) portable diagnostics; (6) voice-activated devices; (7) virtual, augmented, and mixed reality; and (8) intelligent homes. These emerging technologies were at different levels of development, with some being trialed for care applications, whereas others being in the early phases of development. However, only a few documents mentioned including older people during the process of designing and developing these technologies. CONCLUSIONS This review has identified key emerging technologies with the potential to contribute to the support and care needs of older people. However, to increase the adoption of these technologies by older people, there is a need to involve them and other stakeholders, such as formal and informal carers, in the process of designing and developing these technologies.

Older people with HIV

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 588-591
Author(s):  
Ian Peate
Keyword(s):  
Human Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
Older People ◽  
Older Adult ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Healthcare Assistant ◽  
Assistant Practitioner

The number of older people (those over 50 years) living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the UK has been rising and is set to rise further. With the introduction of antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection has become a controllable chronic disease with many HIV positive patients living longer. This article provides the reader with an update, including epidemiology and HIV in the older adult. The epidemiology is discussed, along with an overview of HIV in the UK. Specific issues that the older adult may face that are associated with HIV are summarised. The role of the healthcare assistant and assistant practitioner (HCA and AP) in providing care and support is outlined.

scholarly journals Exploring the Potential of Emerging Technologies to Meet the Care and Support Needs of Older People: A Delphi Survey

Geriatrics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Sarah Abdi ◽  
Luc de Witte ◽  
Mark Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Delphi Survey ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Healthcare Needs ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Virtual And Augmented Reality ◽  
Near Future

Some emerging technologies have potential to address older people’s care and support needs. However, there is still a gap in the knowledge on the potential uses of these technologies in some care domains. Therefore, a two-round Delphi survey was conducted to establish a consensus of opinion from a group of health and social technology experts (n = 21) on the potential of 10 emerging technologies to meet older people’s needs in five care and support domains. Experts were also asked to provide reasons for their choices in free-text spaces. The consensus level was set at 70%. Free-text responses were analyzed using thematic analysis. Voice activated devices was the technology that reached experts consensus in all assessed care domains. Some technologies (e.g., Artificial intelligence (AI) enabled apps and wearables and Internet of things (IoT) enabled homes) also show potential to support basic self-care and access to healthcare needs of older people. However, most of the remaining technologies (e.g., robotics, exoskeletons, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR)) face a range of technical and acceptability issues that may hinder their adoption by older people in the near future. Findings should encourage the R & D community to address some of the identified challenges to improve the adoption of emerging technologies by older people.

scholarly journals Emerging Technologies With Potential Care and Support Applications for Older People: Review of Gray Literature

JMIR Aging ◽  
10.2196/17286 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. e17286
Author(s):  
Sarah Abdi ◽  
Luc de Witte ◽  
Mark Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Older People ◽  
Mixed Reality ◽  
Emerging Technologies ◽  
Final Analysis ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Gray Literature ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Technological Developments

Background The number of older people with unmet care and support needs is increasing substantially due to the challenges facing the formal and informal care systems. Emerging technological developments have the potential to address some of the care and support challenges of older people. However, limited work has been done to identify emerging technological developments with the potential to meet the care and support needs of the aging population. Objective This review aimed to gain an overview of emerging technologies with potential care and support applications for older people, particularly for those living at home. Methods A scoping gray literature review was carried out by using the databases of 13 key organizations, hand searching reference lists of included documents, using funding data, and consulting technology experts. A narrative synthesis approach was used to analyze and summarize the findings of the literature review. Results A total of 39 documents were included in the final analysis. From the analysis, 8 emerging technologies were identified that could potentially be used to meet older people’s needs in various care and support domains. These emerging technologies were (1) assistive autonomous robots; (2) self-driving vehicles; (3) artificial intelligence–enabled health smart apps and wearables; (4) new drug release mechanisms; (5) portable diagnostics; (6) voice-activated devices; (7) virtual, augmented, and mixed reality; and (8) intelligent homes. These emerging technologies were at different levels of development, with some being trialed for care applications, whereas others being in the early phases of development. However, only a few documents mentioned including older people during the process of designing and developing these technologies. Conclusions This review has identified key emerging technologies with the potential to contribute to the support and care needs of older people. However, to increase the adoption of these technologies by older people, there is a need to involve them and other stakeholders, such as formal and informal carers, in the process of designing and developing these technologies.

scholarly journals Free Personal Care for Older People in Scotland: Issues and Implications

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 435-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Bowes ◽  
David Bell
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Older People ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Personal Care ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Research ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Informal Carers ◽  
Care For Older People

Drawing on recent quantitative and qualitative research, we consider lessons of the Scottish policy of free personal care for older people. The policy is embedded in political debates about devolution and interacts with various changing policies on care and support for older people. Evaluation is complicated by these interactions and by gaps in relevant data, especially concerning costs. Operationally, policy implementation has presented varying difficulties for local authorities. For clients and informal carers it remains popular, but is part of a service-led model of provision which does not reflect their own views of their care and support needs.

Role of Rasayana in Geriatric Care - A Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yagyik Mishra ◽  
Negalur Vijay ◽  
Thakor Krunal ◽  
Bhat Nagaraj ◽  
Shubhasri B.
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Geriatric Care ◽  
The Body ◽  
Psychological Improvement

The growth of any country or society depends on the number of youth dwelling in that country but according to recent statistical data we soon will have older people more than children and more people at extreme old age than ever before. The number of people aged 65 or older is projected to grow from an estimated 524 million in 2010 to nearly 1.5 billion in 2050. Geriatrics (Jarachikitsa) is the branch of medicine dealing exclusively with the problems of aging and the diseases of elderly. The term Rasayana (rejuvination) refers to nourishment or nutrition. Rasayana therapy act essentially on nutrition dynamics and rejuvenate the body on both physical and mental levels. The problems of health due to modernization can be solved by increasing resistance against diseases and psychological improvement by implementing Rasayana therapy. Aging (Jara) is one among the Swabhavika Vyadhis. Jara Chikitsa is one among the Astanga of Ayurveda which is specifically dedicated for geriatric care. As per estimation, India currently has around 75 million persons over 65 years. By proper administration of Rasayana therapy as preventive tool one can delay Jara Janita Vyadhis to occur. This paper highlights the role of Rasayana in geriatric care.

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