Technologies to Support Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia: A Position Paper on Issues Regarding Development, Usability, Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness, Deployment, and Ethics.
Franka J M MeilandAnthea InnesGail A MountainLouise RobinsonHenriëtte Geralde Van der RoestJ Antonio García-CasalDianne GoveJochen René ThyrianShirley Barbara EvansRose-Marie DroesFiona KellyAlexander KurzDympna CaseyDorota SzczesniakTom DeningMichael P CravenMarijke SpanHeike FelzmannMagdalini TsolakiManuel Ángel Franco-MartínPublished in: JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies (2017)
Based on these findings, various actions are recommended for development, usability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, deployment, and ethics of assistive and health technologies across Europe. These include avoiding replication of technology development that is unhelpful or ineffective and focusing on how technologies succeed in addressing individual needs of persons with dementia. Furthermore, it is suggested to include these recommendations in national and international calls for funding and assistive technology research programs. Finally, practitioners, policy makers, care insurers, and care providers should work together with technology enterprises and researchers to prepare strategies for the implementation of assistive technologies in different care settings. This may help future generations of persons with dementia to utilize available and affordable technologies and, ultimately, to benefit from them.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- public health
- quality improvement
- mild cognitive impairment
- palliative care
- randomized controlled trial
- primary care
- community dwelling
- cognitive impairment
- health information
- systematic review
- mental health
- electronic health record
- big data
- affordable care act
- current status
- machine learning
- climate change
- general practice
- emergency medical