Technology in geriatrics.
Recently, the interest of industry, government agencies and healthcare professionals in technology for aging people has increased. The challenge is whether technology may play a role in enhancing independence and quality of life and in reducing individual and societal costs of caring. Information an...
| Published in: | Age & Ageing Vol. 47; no. 6; pp. 771 - 775 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2018
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=132600598&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 132600598 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00020729 AGA jtl: Age & Ageing issn: 00020729 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2018 vid: 47 iid: 6 pid: 622 pub: Oxford University Press / USA artinfo: ui: 132600598 10.1093/ageing/afy026 ppf: 771 ppct: 4 formats: tig: atl: Technology in geriatrics. aug: au: Pilotto, Alberto Boi, Raffaella Petermans, Jean affil: Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Frailty Area, E.O. Galliera Hospital, National Relevance & High Specialization Hospital, Genoa, Italy Geriatric Department, CHU Liège, 600, Route de Gaillarmont, 4032 Chènée LIEGE, Belgium su: Social isolation Elder care Communication Health Interprofessional relations Medical care costs Medical practice Quality of life Assistive technology Transportation Information resources Cognition disorders Gait in humans Robotics Body movement Caregiver attitudes Prevention sug: subj: Social isolation Elder care Communication Health Interprofessional relations Medical care costs Medical practice Quality of life Assistive technology Transportation Information resources Continuing Care Retirement Communities All Other Support Activities for Transportation Other support activities for transportation Cognition disorders Gait in humans Robotics Body movement Caregiver attitudes Prevention keyword: aging assistive technology gerontechnology information-communication-technology older people robotics aging assistive technology gerontechnology information-communication-technology older people robotics ab: Recently, the interest of industry, government agencies and healthcare professionals in technology for aging people has increased. The challenge is whether technology may play a role in enhancing independence and quality of life and in reducing individual and societal costs of caring. Information and communication technologies, i.e. tools aimed at communicating and informing, assistive technologies designed to maintain older peoples' independence and increasing safety, and human–computer interaction technologies for supporting older people with motility and cognitive impairments as humanoid robots, exoskeletons, rehabilitation robots, service robots and companion-type are interdisciplinary topics both in research and in clinical practice. The most promising clinical applications of technologies are housing and safety to guarantee older people remaining in their own homes and communities, mobility and rehabilitation to improve mobility and gait and communication and quality of life by reducing isolation, improve management of medications and transportation. Many factors impair a broad use of technology in older age, including psychosocial and ethical issues, costs and fear of losing human interaction. A substantial lack of appropriate clinical trials to establish the clinical role of technologies to improve physical or cognitive performances and/or quality of life of subjects and their caregivers may suggest that the classical biomedical research model may not be the optimal choice to evaluate technologies in older people. In conclusion, successful technology development requires a great effort in interdisciplinary collaboration to integrate technologies into the existing health and social service systems with the aim to fit into the older adults' everyday life. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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