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Does telecare contribute to quality of life and well-being for people with dementia?
Author(s)	Gill Windle
Journal title	Journal of Dementia Care, vol 18, no 5, September/October 2010
Publisher	Hawker Publications, September/October 2010
Pages	pp 33-36, 38 (Research focus)
Keywords	Assistive technology ; Dementia ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Evaluation ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	Do we know enough about the contribution of telecare to the quality of life and well-being for people with dementia? The author reviews and analyses the evidence, based on searches for peer-reviewed research papers available in December 2008 from searches of four databases: Web of Science, Psychinfo, ASSIA, and Social Services Abstracts. Of 1120 potentially relevant papers, information from 31 is included in this review. The author considers what the research evidence says regarding the effectiveness of telecare for people with dementia; the views of service users and carers; and service provision issues. The availability of new technologies makes it possible for most older people and their carers to remain at home. However, there is a need for more robust research on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of telecare for people with dementia. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-101022004 A
Classmark	M: EA: F:59: D:F:5HH: 4C: 64A
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