Supporting dementia in the community: a human factors perspective
Antonio, M.; Borycki, E.M.; Kushniruk, A.W.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 208: 50-54
2015
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365 PMID: 25676946 Document Number: 681368
There is a knowledge gap regarding the human factors that can lead to successful implementation and adoption of health technologies specific for supporting people with dementia (PD) and their spousal caregivers (SC). This paper extends and applies a community-based framework to review some recent examples of technologies and studies that have targeted this population. Examined characteristics include the: people, environment, task management, technology implementation and design, and the ethical and socio-technical considerations associated with technologies used to support PD in the community.