Perspectives on Technology Use in the Context of Caregiving for Persons With Dementia: Qualitative Interview Study

Karl S Grewal, Rory Gowda-Sookochoff, Shelley Peacock, Allison Cammer, Lachlan A McWilliams, Raymond J Spiteri, Kristen R Haase, Mary Harrison, Lorraine Holtslander, Rhoda MacRae, Joanne Michael, Shoshana Green, Megan E O'Connell, Amaryllis Mavragani, Franka Meiland · 2024

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A team including Karl Grewal studies how care partners of people with dementia use everyday technology. Phones and smart homes might ease the load of care, but only if they fit real life. The team phoned sixty-seven care partners across one Canadian province and asked about their use of technology, their views, and what helps or blocks use. A year later, ten of them sat for deep interviews.

Care partners scored their comfort with technology and how helpful it felt. Open answers showed where tools slot into daily care and where they add strain. The paper draws lessons for matching off-the-shelf tools to carers' real routines.

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CREATORKarl S Grewal, Rory Gowda-Sookochoff, Shelley Peacock, Allison Cammer, Lachlan A McWilliams, Raymond J Spiteri, Kristen R Haase, Mary Harrison, Lorraine Holtslander, Rhoda MacRae, Joanne Michael, Shoshana Green, Megan E O'Connell, Amaryllis Mavragani, Franka Meiland
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE58 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11681293

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