AgeTech, Cognitive Health, and Dementia

Sixsmith, Andrew; Sixsmith, Judith; Fang, Mei Lan; Horst, Becky

doi:10.2200/s01025ed1v01y202006arh014

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“…These, in part, build on and take forward work undertaken for Skills for Care and Development 23 but also respond to outcomes (on training requirements) from the UTOPIA project 10 and to the authors' knowledge of technology options both in relation to longer term service developments and as, for example, signalled in recent overviews. 24,25 These knowledge and skill sets will help telecare services to respond to the triple challenge for digital health -by assisting them to adjust their overall service perspectives; heighten what is necessary around staff awareness and the understanding of health needs (including those that relate to cognitive impairments such as dementia); understand the roles of specific kinds of new technologies; and find appropriate ways to ensure that people's rights, empowerment and agency are recognised and supported.…”

Section: Implications Of Service Transition For Skills Knowledge and Trainingmentioning

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Knowledge and Skills Sets for Telecare Service Staff in the Context of Digital Health

Fisk¹,

Woolham²,

Steils³

2020

J Int Soc Telemed eHealth

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Telecare services have an established place within the United Kingdom. Through using online technologies to help mostly older people to remain at home, they are recognised as having a support role for health as well as social care. This positions telecare services within the broader realm of ‘digital health’. As that position becomes more embedded, it poses questions about the nature of tasks that are (or should be) undertaken by telecare staff, and regarding the knowledge and skills that are required. A convergence of telecare and telehealth services is indicated together with a need for some kind of accord or accommodation. This paper summarises the United Kingdom policy context; references the technologies that are provided by telecare services or can be linked to them; notes briefly the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and proposes six knowledge and skills sets. Outcomes of the UTOPIA study undertaken in England from 2016 to 2017 are drawn upon: this study provided important information from over 100 local authority telecare managers.

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Section: Implications Of Service Transition For Skills Knowledge and Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Knowledge and Skills Sets for Telecare Service Staff in the Context of Digital Health

Fisk¹,

Woolham²,

Steils³

2020

J Int Soc Telemed eHealth

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“… 3 AgeTech includes ICT, robotics, mobile technologies, artificial intelligence, ambient systems, and pervasive computing to drive technology-based innovation to benefit older adults. 4 More than ever, everyday digital technologies adopted by the mainstream population also benefit older adults. For example, smartphones provide numerous functions that people now rely on, including navigation, video calls, gaming, reading the news, listening to music, watching videos, and social media.…”

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Ageing, technology, and health: Advancing the concepts of autonomy and independence

Liu

Daum

Miguel-Cruz

et al. 2022

Healthc Manage Forum

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The global pandemic expedited the adoption of AgeTech solutions that aim to help older adults maintain their autonomy and independence. This article examines the negative impact of the Western worldview of autonomy and independence on older adults. Negative impact can manifest as ageism and may be compounded by intersections of identities with race, gender, and culture. We propose an inclusive framework for health leaders, one that is not binary or categorical, but instead, on a continuum: (1) relational autonomy which assumes that relationships form one’s identity; therefore, no one is autonomous to the exclusion of others, and (2) interdependence which proposes that one’s lifestyle choice is supported by interreliance with aspects of one’s environment. We examine two examples of AgeTech from the perspective of relational autonomy and interdependence and discuss how health leaders can use this inclusive framework to ensure that their services do not discriminate against older adults.

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AgeTech, Cognitive Health, and Dementia

Cited by 2 publications

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Knowledge and Skills Sets for Telecare Service Staff in the Context of Digital Health

Knowledge and Skills Sets for Telecare Service Staff in the Context of Digital Health

Ageing, technology, and health: Advancing the concepts of autonomy and independence

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