097How Do People Perceive Home-care Robots? A Questionnaire Study with Older People, Family Caregivers, and Care Professionals in Japan

Abstract Background Home-care robots have been developed as one of the assistive technologies, and benefits and challenges of their use have been debated in many countries. Research teams in Japan, Finland and Ireland carried out a questionnaire to explore perceptions of potential users (older people, family caregivers, and health and social care professionals (HSCPs)) towards the use of home-care robots. As part of a larger tri-country comparative study, this paper reports preliminary findings from the data collected from the online survey of HSCPs in Ireland. Methods Questionnaire was developed iteratively among the research teams in three countries. Questions related to the use of advocates in deciding whether to use home-care robots, desirable functions in such robots, and perceptions of privacy protection. Based on networks of professional and advocacy groups, HSCPs were contacted and 123 respondents took part in the questionnaire, and 46 fully completed the questionnaire. Results Out of 46 respondents (44 female, 1 male and 1 did not wish to specify), 80% answered that they are open to the use of home-care robots. Safety monitoring and alert functions were considered to be most desirable in home-care robots. 76% of the respondents placed importance on the guarantee of entitlement to receiving human care, irrespective of the use of home-care robots. 30% answered that they have a negative impression of robots, to some extent. The overall majority (N=39, 85%) felt strongly that a decision as to whether to use home-care robots should be made by the user, and that the access to data collected in any form by robots requires extra care. Conclusion While there was generally a positive perception of the use of home-care robots among Irish HSCPs, cautious attitudes were evident in the areas of decision-making and privacy. This study was funded by the Pfizer Health Research Foundation.

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15What are the Key Criteria for Decision-Making Concerning the Use of Home-Care Robots? Findings from a Questionnaire Study in Japan

Age and Ageing ◽

10.1093/ageing/afy140.07 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 47 (suppl_5) ◽

pp. v13-v60

Author(s):

Naonori Kodate ◽

Sayuri Suwa ◽

Mayuko Tsujimura ◽

Mina Ishimaru ◽

Atsuko Shimamura ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Home Care ◽

Questionnaire Study ◽

Care Robots

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The essential needs for home-care robots in Japan

Journal of Enabling Technologies ◽

10.1108/jet-03-2020-0008 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 201-220

Author(s):

Mayuko Tsujimura ◽

Hiroo Ide ◽

Wenwei Yu ◽

Naonori Kodate ◽

Mina Ishimaru ◽

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Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Factor Analysis ◽

Home Care ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Care Staff ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type ◽

Daily Monitoring ◽

Care Robots ◽

Level Of Agreement

Purpose This study aims to compare the level of needs for home-care robots amongst older adults, family caregivers and home-care staff and clarify the factors constituting these needs. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional, anonymous questionnaire survey was administered. It included 52 items related to needs for home-care robots rated on a four-point Likert scale. Means and standard deviations were calculated, and the Kruskal-Wallis test was performed for each item. Factor analysis was conducted on the needs of home-care staff. Findings Responses from 79 older adults, 54 family caregivers and 427 home-care staff were analysed. For all three groups, the level of agreement was high for the following needs: to inform family and support personnel immediately when older adults fall, about their location in case of natural disasters and about mismanagement of fire by older adults with dementia. For family caregivers and home-care staff, the level of need concerning monitoring was higher than for older adults. Extracted using factor analysis, the six factors representing the essential needs for home-care robots were risk minimisation, daily monitoring of the physical condition, supporting activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL, pre-empting problems, communication and miscellaneous support. Originality/value The results showed that the education of caregivers and the co-design process of robot development should involve home-care staff, older adults and family caregivers, which are important for making decisions about the use of home-care robots for older adults.

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Needs Assessment of Safe Medicines Management for Older People With Cognitive Disorders in Home Care: An Integrative Systematic Review

Frontiers in Neurology ◽

10.3389/fneur.2021.694572 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Mojtaba Vaismoradi ◽

Samira Behboudi-Gandevani ◽

Stefan Lorenzl ◽

Christiane Weck ◽

Piret Paal

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Home Care ◽

Older People ◽

Needs Assessment ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Cognitive Disorders ◽

Knowledge Synthesis ◽

Medicines Management

Background and Objectives: The global trend of healthcare is to improve the quality and safety of care for older people with cognitive disorders in their own home. There is a need to identify how medicines management for these older people who are cared by their family caregivers can be safeguarded. This integrative systematic review aimed to perform the needs assessment of medicines management for older people with cognitive disorders who receive care from their family caregivers in their own home.Methods: An integrative systematic review of the international literature was conducted to retrieve all original qualitative and quantitative studies that involved the family caregivers of older people with cognitive disorders in medicines management in their own home. MeSH terms and relevant keywords were used to search four online databases of PubMed (including Medline), Scopus, CINAHL, and Web of Science and to retrieve studies published up to March 2021. Data were extracted by two independent researchers, and the review process was informed by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). Given that selected studies were heterogeneous in terms of the methodological structure and research outcomes, a meta-analysis could not be performed. Therefore, narrative data analysis and knowledge synthesis were performed to report the review results.Results: The search process led to retrieving 1,241 studies, of which 12 studies were selected for data analysis and knowledge synthesis. They involved 3,890 older people with cognitive disorders and 3,465 family caregivers. Their methodologies varied and included cohort, randomised controlled trial, cross-sectional studies, grounded theory, qualitative framework analysis, and thematic analysis. The pillars that supported safe medicines management with the participation of family caregivers in home care consisted of the interconnection between older people's needs, family caregivers' role, and collaboration of multidisciplinary healthcare professionals.Conclusion: Medicines management for older people with cognitive disorders is complex and multidimensional. This systematic review provides a comprehensive image of the interconnection between factors influencing the safety of medicines management in home care. Considering that home-based medicines management is accompanied with stress and burden in family caregivers, multidisciplinary collaboration between healthcare professionals is essential along with the empowerment of family caregivers through education and support.

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Fragile familiarity in transnational home care arrangements for older people

International Journal of Ageing and Later Life ◽

10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.18403 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 51-82

Author(s):

Karin van Holten ◽

Heidi Kaspar ◽

Eva Soom-Ammann

Keyword(s):

Service Delivery ◽

Home Care ◽

Older People ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Older Persons ◽

Elder Care ◽

Care Service ◽

Ageing In Place ◽

Home Space ◽

Care Worker

This paper examines the notion of familiarity in live-in elder care settings and how it is challenged, changed, and reestablished. Live-in care is a strategy to prevent disruptions and preserve familiarity in enabling older persons in need of extensive care to stay at home – and thus, to enable ageing in place. This paper problematizes this strategy based on interviews with family caregivers who engaged a migrant live-in care worker in Switzerland. The key argument is that live-in care arrangements constitute an all-embracing form of inserting formal, paid-for care service delivery into the informal, private, intimate space of home. The live-in care arrangement not only challenges the familiarity of the home space, but also seems to ask for strategies of adaptation to familiarize the unfamiliar. Therefore, the introduction of live-in care is consequential for all involved parties and requires largely underestimated efforts to adapt to the new home space.

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