A preliminary evaluation of a client-centred prompting tool for supporting everyday activities in individuals with mild to moderate levels of cognitive impairment due to dementia
Autor: | Nina Evans, Krist A. Noonan, Thomas Ingram, Nigel Harris, Aron Jarvis, Hazel Boyd, Jessica Ridgers, Richard Cheston |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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030506 rehabilitation Activities of daily living reminder systems Sociology and Political Science Audiovisual Aids 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia Audiovisual Aids Reminder systems Activities of Daily Living Technology Activities of Daily Living medicine Dementia Humans Formerly Health & Social Sciences Cognitive Dysfunction Centre for Health and Clinical Research Cognitive impairment Aged Aged 80 and over Everyday activities Client centred General Social Sciences General Medicine Articles medicine.disease Self-Help Devices Mobile Applications Caregivers technology Female audiovisual aids Health & Wellbeing 0305 other medical science Psychology Alzheimer’s disease 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Dementia (London, England) |
ISSN: | 1471-3012 1741-2684 |
Popis: | Objectives Technology-based prompting has the potential to support people with dementia to complete multistep tasks in the home. However, these devices can be complex to use. This paper reports a feasibility trial of a personalised touchscreen digital prompter designed for home use. Methodology: A tablet-based prompter suitable for people living with dementia was developed, along with a detailed guidance manual. Carers loaded instructions for completing the task onto the prompter, and the person with dementia then used the tablet independently to complete a task. Eleven couples used the prompter ‘out-of-the-box’ with no support other than a guidance manual. Results The majority of participants with dementia could follow the steps on the prompter, and carers were able to breakdown and load tasks onto the prompter. Eight couples used the prompter successfully to complete goals that they had identified in advance. These included preparing simple snacks and using a TV remote control. Successfully achieving goals was associated with more frequent use of the prompting screen on more days, but not higher levels of editing or previewing of tasks. Conclusion The study provides the preliminary evidence that family caregivers can use a touchscreen tablet, software and manual package to identify specific tasks and break these down into steps and that people living with dementia can then follow the prompts to complete the tasks. This potentially represents an important advance in dementia care. Further testing is required to establish efficacy and to identify any factors that impact on outcomes. |
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