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Assistive Technology (AT) supports persons with dementia and their carers (family, friends and neighbours), yet little is known about experiences and the impact of AT on carers. We report on an exploratory survey that examined the types, uses, costs and
Social Assistive Robotics can reduce the risk of infection and, at the same time, improve the quality of life of elderly people In this work, after a brief overview on the Pepper4Elderly project, we focus on the role of empathy and affective behaviors in human-robot interaction when the ...
Innovative approaches of using assistive technology to support carers to care for people with night-time incontinence issuesA case study of an older adult with a learning disability is presented, which is set in a Shared Lives placement. Telecare is a key service provided, which is used to ...
Assistive Technology for people with dementia living at home is not meeting their care needs. Reasons for this may be due to limited understanding of variation in multiple characteristics of people with dementia including their safety and wandering risks, and how these affect their assistive technolog...
Many barriers exist in the lives of older adult’s, including health, transport, housing, isolation, disability and access to technology. The appropriate integration of technology within age-friendly communities continues to offer possible solutions to these barriers and challenges. Older adults...
In the years ahead, the use of assistive technology will become increasingly important as the prevalence of disability rises. Assistive technology is vital to people with disability in promoting self-management and independence, as well as helping them to perform daily tasks by compensating for ...
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The population of ageing is growing significantly over the world, and there is an emerging demand for better healthcare services and more care centres. Innovations of Information and Communication Technology has resulted in development of various types o
The results indicate that the use of assistive devices by elderly persons living in the community is associated with an interaction of several variables that are strongly related to degree of severity of physical disability. 展开 关键词: aging impairment self-care technology DOI: 10.1177/...