Effects of an assisted living platform amongst frail older adults and their caregivers: 6 months vs. 9 months follow-up across a pilot field study.
Background Ambient Assistive Living (AAL) technologies provide promising solutions to support aging-in-place but still lack ecological validation. Frail older Individuals (FIs) are at high risk of losing their autonomy but are also acknowledged to be an optimal target population for dependency preve...
| Publicado en: | Gerontechnology Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 16 - 28 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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International Society for Gerontechnology
2020
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=144595819&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 144595819 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 15691101 904R jtl: Gerontechnology issn: 15691101 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2020 vid: 19 iid: 1 pid: 54298 pub: International Society for Gerontechnology artinfo: ui: 144595819 144595819 144595819 10.4017/gt.2020.19.1.003.00 144595819 ppf: 16 ppct: 12 formats: tig: atl: Effects of an assisted living platform amongst frail older adults and their caregivers: 6 months vs. 9 months follow-up across a pilot field study. aug: au: Dupuy, Lucile Sauzéon, Hélène affil: SANPSY, CNRS USR 3413, Bordeaux, France sug: subj: Assisted Living Frail Elderly Caregivers Activities of Daily Living Caregiver Burden Pilot Studies Field Studies Support, Psychosocial Leisure Activities Cognition Autonomy Burnout, Professional Self Concept Human Questionnaires ab: Background Ambient Assistive Living (AAL) technologies provide promising solutions to support aging-in-place but still lack ecological validation. Frail older Individuals (FIs) are at high risk of losing their autonomy but are also acknowledged to be an optimal target population for dependency prevention based on environmental supports. In this context, a recent study revealed some promising short-term benefits of an AAL platform in supporting FIs' everyday functioning and releasing caregiver burden. Research aim Complementarily to this first study, we aimed to address near and far effects of an AAL platform on FIs' everyday functioning and caregiver burden. Method HomeAssist is an AAL platform providing environmental support thanks to services including activity verification, safety alerts, reminders, communication and leisure activities. HomeAssist efficacy has been evaluated in a field study including a nine-month deployment in the home of sixteen cognitively healthy (MMSE > 25) FIs living alone. Several efficacy measures were taken and compared to a control group (n=16), matched by age, gender, cognitive functioning and frailty condition. These measures included FIs' autonomy (self-reported and reported by a caregiver) and caregiver burden (for supporting FIs' autonomy and professional burnout) and were assessed at baseline, six, and nine months later. Results Our results indicated that: (1) FIs' autonomy reported by caregivers is improved over time for the equipped group, with a greater extent after 9 months; (2) FIs' self-perception of everyday functioning remained constant after 9 months for the equipped group, whereas it slightly decreased for the control group; and (3) caregivers reported less burden across time in the equipped group compared to control group; while HomeAssist intervention did not significantly impact professional burden. Conclusion Taken together, this suggests that near effects of HomeAssist are not only due to novelty, but rather benefits from HomeAssist intervention. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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