Livelihood support by assistive technology based on a home visit survey (Apoyo para la subsistencia mediante tecnología asistencial basada en una encuesta realizada en una visita domiciliaria)

Abstract

Japan is now a super-ageing society, and it is expected that one out of four to five people will be at least 75 years old by 2025. Technology is constantly advancing around older adults, and older adults with low cognitive function are unable to cope with these changes, requiring assistance. We modified the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) to create a Japanese version and conducted a survey of home-dwelling older adults. As a result, we confirm that older adults need to be able to cope with home appliances such as rice cookers, pots, refrigerators, television remote controllers, vacuum cleaners and stoves. Based on these results, we improved TV remote controllers and confirmed that problems due to accidental clicks were reduced. Through a similar survey, we created a toilet-flushing forgetfulness notification system and wandering prevention sensor for people with higher brain dysfunction to help reduce the burden on caregivers.

Advances and challenges in neurorehabilitation for acquired brain damage (Avances y desafíos en neurorrehabilitación del daño cerebral adquirido)

“…El segundo trabajo, lo escriben Olguín-Rojas y Grez-Gaete (2022), donde destacan la importancia del uso de nuevas tecnologías para ayudar a la consecución de objetivos en la rehabilitación a través de dos casos clínicos. En tercer lugar, Nagao et al (2022), basándose en un anterior estudio realizado por investigadores del Karolinska Institutet (Rosenberg et al, 2009), adaptan para población japonesa el Cuestionario de Uso de la Tecnología en la Vida Cotidiana ( Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire , ETUQ). Los autores analizan en una muestra de 91 sujetos las dificultades que tiene la población japonesa con deterioro cognitivo para usar tecnología.…”

“…The second study is written by Olguín-Rojas and Grez-Gaete (2022); they highlight the importance of the use of new technologies to help achieve goals in rehabilitation through two clinical cases. Third, based on a previous study by researchers from the Karolinska Institutet (Rosenberg et al, 2009), Nagao et al (2022) adapted the Everyday Technology Use Questionnaire (ETUQ) for the Japanese population. In a study with a sample of 91 participants, these authors analysed the difficulties that the Japanese population with cognitive impairment had when using technology.…”