Assistive technologies in reducing caregiver burden among informal caregivers of older adults: a systematic review.
Aim: The world population is rapidly ageing. As population age, the incidence of functional limitations increases, demanding higher levels of care from caregivers. Assistive technologies improve individuals’ functioning, independence, well-being and quality of life. By increasing independence of old...
| Publicado en: | Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 353 - 361 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jul2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=114326525&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 114326525 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17483107 1X04 jtl: Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology issn: 17483107 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: Jul2016 vid: 11 iid: 5 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 114326525 114326525 114326525 10.3109/17483107.2015.1087061 114326525 ppf: 353 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Assistive technologies in reducing caregiver burden among informal caregivers of older adults: a systematic review. aug: au: Madara Marasinghe, Keshini affil: School of Public Health and College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada sug: subj: Caregiver Burden Evaluation Assistive Technology Devices Utilization Frail Elderly Workload Quality of Life Evaluation Human Systematic Review Medline Embase Cochrane Library Assistive Technology Evaluation Stress Management Outcome Assessment ab: Aim: The world population is rapidly ageing. As population age, the incidence of functional limitations increases, demanding higher levels of care from caregivers. Assistive technologies improve individuals’ functioning, independence, well-being and quality of life. By increasing independence of older adults, assistive technologies decrease workloads required from informal caregivers. This review investigates, evaluates, and synthesises existing findings to examine whether and how assistive technologies reduce caregiver burden.Methods: Databases searched included MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, and Cochrane Library. Three groups of keywords were combined: those relating to assistive technology, caregiver burden, and older adults.Results: Two theories emerged from the analysis of study results. Caregivers reported that assistive technologies decrease caregiver burden. However, caregivers had concerns that assistive technologies could add to caregiver burden, highlighting the limitations of assistive technology.Conclusions: As suggested by a majority of the studies in this review, assistive technologies contribute to reducing caregiver burden among caregivers of older adults. Assistive technologies assisted caregivers by reducing time, levels of assistance and energy put towards caregiving, anxiety and fear, task difficulty, safety risk particularly for activities requiring physical assistance and increasing the independence of the users. Further research is required to better understand limitations of assistive technologies.Implications for RehabilitationSupport for informal caregivers of older adults need more attention and recognition.Assistive technologies can reduce caregiver burden among informal caregivers of older adults.Further research is required to better understand the effectiveness of assistive technologies in reducing caregiver burden as well as limitations and barriers associated with using assistive technologies. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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