Developing a pragmatic evaluation of ICTs for older adults with cognitive impairment at scale: the IN LIFE experience

Astell, Arlene; Panou, Mary; Touliou, Katerina; Karavidopolou, Youla; Cabrera-Umpiérrez, Maria-Fernanda; Aldaz, Erkuden; Bizjak, Jani; Black, Belinda; Mata, Javier Chamorro; Cossu-Ergecer, Fatma; Debring, S; van-Weering, M Dekker; Ekström, Anna; Etxaniz, N; Gams, Matjaž; Soler, A Garcia; Gradišek, Anton; Goljuf, Karmen; Kaimakamis, Evangelos; Kaklanis, Nikolaos; Kilintzis,; Laakso, Katja; Maglaveras, Nicos; Colomer, Juan Bautista Montalvá; Papageorgiou,; Potter, Stephen; Samuelsson, Christina; Smith, Sarah Kate; Tabak, Monique

doi:10.1007/s10209-021-00849-5

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“…We have developed the Senior helper application within the Insieme project that addresses this problem. The platform builds upon the previous H2020 project INLIFE [20].…”

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Applications of the Insieme Platform: A Case Study

Kocuvan¹,

Dovgan²,

Ražman³

et al. 2022

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The information society has significantly changed the field of medicine. Several decades ago when a person got sick, a doctor examined a patient and prescribed some medicine with a patient more or less unaware of the true nature of the problem. Even if explained, many patients did not understand much due to the lack of medical knowledge. Today, knowledge is widely accessible through the web and many patients try to self-diagnose or at least get another opinion using popular search engines and specialized web applications. However, many of them provide misinformation due to the lack of proper education of the provider or the lack of understanding of the user. To overcome these issues, we developed a verified medical platform (Insieme platform) that includes medical data, applications and services. This article provides a list of applications in the Insieme platform, their descriptions and how to use them.Povzetek: V prispevku so opisane zdravstvene aplikacije na platformi Insieme. Aplikacije nudijo uporabnikom različne funkcije, od osnovnega informiranja do zaznavanja zdravstvenih težav. Poleg tega aplikacije pripomorejo tudi k boljši strukturi in razdelanosti platforme Insieme.

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“…We have developed the Senior helper application within the Insieme project that addresses this problem. The platform builds upon the previous H2020 project INLIFE [20].…”

Section: Senior Helpermentioning

confidence: 99%

Applications of the Insieme Platform: A Case Study

Kocuvan¹,

Dovgan²,

Ražman³

et al. 2022

IJCAI

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“…Nine European countries were involved in the task of improving opportunities for elderly people to lead an efficient and independent everyday life. The two Swedish partners, Dart, a regional centre for assistive technology and augmentative and alternative communication at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, and CEDER, a dementia research centre at Linköping University, collaborated to investigate the effects of elderly people with dementia using digital communication aids in conversation with their communication partners (Astell et al ., 2018; European Commission, 2018).…”

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Effects of a digital reminiscing intervention on people with dementia and their care-givers and relatives

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Dementia is a source of growing concern globally, and often impacts on social and communicative functioning. INdependent LIving Support Functions for the Elderly (IN LIFE) was a project carried out within the European Commission Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020 that resulted in the development of two digital communication aids for reminiscence intervention for elderly people with dementia and their communication partners. The purpose of this intervention study was to investigate the effects on quality of life for people with dementia when using these aids. People with dementia (N = 118) and their formal care-givers (N = 187) and relatives (N = 9) were given the communication aids for a period of 4–12 weeks. To assess a range of outcomes, questionnaires developed within the project were used along with the EQ-5D (European Quality of Life – 5 Dimensions) and QoL-AD (Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease) questionnaires. Quality of life improved among people with dementia when measured using EQ-5D (p < 0.05). There was also a correlation between the impact on the participants’ health and wellbeing, the carers’ rating of the usefulness of the digital communication aids and the care-givers’ satisfaction with using technology (p < 0.05). These results indicate that digital communication aids may be useful in social interaction where one partner has dementia.

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