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A comparison of assistive technology and personal care in alleviating disability and unmet need | Author(s) | Emily M Agree, Vicki A Freedman |
Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 43, no 3, June 2003 |
Pages | pp 335-344 |
Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Technology ; Information technology ; Self care capacity ; Needs [elderly] ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
Annotation | Three dimensions of residual difficulty (pain, fatigue, and time intensity) and reports of unmet need across care arrangements were compared. Samples from the US 1994-1995 National Health Interview Survey Phase 2 Disability Supplements (NHIS-D2) include adults with limitations in bathing, transferring, walking and getting outside. Even when differences in underlying disability are accounted for, assistive technology (AT) confers no additional benefit in the three dimensions of residual difficulty analysed. AT users equally or more often report that tasks are tiring, time consuming, or painful, even when they use assistance. Though this would appear to indicate unmet needs for care, fewer TA users report a desire for hands-on personal care. Designing appropriate and cost-effective home care for people with disabilities requires a better understanding of the ways in which technology users may differ from others and the circumstances under which technology can be most effective. (RH). |
Accession Number | CPA-030723206 A |
Classmark | BN: Y9: UVB: CA: IK: 48: 7T |
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