The Effects of the Connecting All Generations Through the Gerontech (CARETech) Program on Motivating Young People to Enter the Elderly Care Sector.
This study aims to organize an intergenerational program to provide unemployed young people with operational skills related to gerontechnology and the experience required to deliver digital outreach rehabilitation services to community-dwelling older people. A quasi-experimental research design was...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Adolescent Health Vol. 75; no. 5; pp. 801 - 809 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | clinical trial research Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Nov2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=180174971&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 180174971 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 1054139X ILK jtl: Journal of Adolescent Health issn: 1054139X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Nov2024 vid: 75 iid: 5 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 180174971 180174971 180174971 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.06.015 180174971 ppf: 801 ppct: 8 formats: tig: atl: The Effects of the Connecting All Generations Through the Gerontech (CARETech) Program on Motivating Young People to Enter the Elderly Care Sector. aug: au: Wong, Arkers Kwan Ching Bayuo, Jonathan Wong, Ho Yi Chow, Karen Kit Sum Wong, Siu Man Wong, Bonnie Bo Liu, Bob Chung Man Lau, David Chi Ho Kowatsch, Tobias affil: School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong sug: subj: Intergenerational Relations Unemployment In Adolescence Skill Acquisition In Adolescence Rehabilitation, Geriatric Community Living In Old Age Clinical Trials Human Adolescence Aged Quasi-Experimental Studies Descriptive Statistics Personal Satisfaction Self-Efficacy Community Programs Adolescent: 13-18 years Aged: 65+ years ab: This study aims to organize an intergenerational program to provide unemployed young people with operational skills related to gerontechnology and the experience required to deliver digital outreach rehabilitation services to community-dwelling older people. A quasi-experimental research design was adopted. The young participants received a 12-session training program on the management of common chronic diseases, communication with older people, the functions and use of interactive games, and techniques to teach and match interactive games with older people. The perception of elderly outcomes (i.e., knowledge and attitude toward elderly care, willingness to care for the elderly), personal outcomes (i.e., life satisfaction, self-efficacy), and desired vocational outcomes (i.e., hours worked in the nongovernmental organization's center, hours spent with older people) were evaluated preprogram and postprogram. Fifty-one young people joined the program. A statistically significant improvement was seen from preprogram to postprogram in their willingness to care for the elderly (p =.016) and life satisfaction (p =.005), as well as in the number of hours that they spent in the community center volunteering or engaged in social services for older people. The findings proved that the program could improve the willingness of young people to care for older people, as well as improve their own life satisfaction. Using gerontechnology can serve to bridge the intergenerational gap and bring benefits to both young adults and older people. It may provide policy makers with a way to address the manpower shortage in elderly care services and help frail older people to age in place. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: clinical trial research Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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