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The use of everyday technology by people with dementia living alone
— mapping out the difficulties | | Author(s) | L Nygard, S Starkhammar |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 11, no 2, March 2007 |
| Pages | pp 144-155 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Assistive technology ; Information technology ; Dementia ; Living alone ; Qualitative Studies ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | We have scant knowledge of how people with mild dementia manage to cope with familiar technology at home (e.g. television, electronic household gadgets) or new technology (remote controls, mobile phones and computers). As this technology represents a potential problem area, this qualitative exploratory study aims to identify and characterise difficulties with and hindrances to using everyday technology, as they appeared in data from Swedish people with early stage dementia. Eight participants with dementia were included in an extensive data collection consisting of repeated interviews and observations made in the home; the data were analysed adopting a constant comparative approach. The results exhibit a taxonomy of difficulties in four domains, encompassing conditions that interfere with the use of the technology, deficiencies in knowledge and in the communication between users and their technology, and limitations in the use of instructions. Typically, difficulties appeared in complex combinations, and arose both with using familiar and new technology. This raises concerns about the need these people have for support at home and in society. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070514212 A |
| Classmark | M: UVB: EA: K8: 3DP: 76P |
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